Classroom smells
Sat, 10/26/2024 - 12:00am
Every day in my high school, homeroom smelled different. Not better, but different.
Perspectives
Thurber, Mingus shared same sad fate
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 12:00am
The post office at Thurber closed for good on Oct. 28, 1936. The once thriving mining town hardly had a pulse, and neighboring Mingus was on the critical list.
Do you sound unprofessional?
Sat, 10/19/2024 - 12:00am
My handy-dandy “column topic radar” lit up when I encountered an internet article called “12 Phrases You’re Using That Make You Sound Unprofessional.”
Early voting begins next week for gen. election
Sat, 10/19/2024 - 12:00am
Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins Monday, Oct. 21 and ends on Nov. 1. Texas voters will be choosing from a full slate of candidates, from president to U.S. senator to various county positions.
Tariffs
Sat, 10/19/2024 - 12:00am
I remember the first time I ever heard the term tariff was in my first economics course in college. A tariff is a tax applied to imported goods and collected by the federal government. It was used to protect infant industries at the founding of the United States as we struggled to build a diverse economy after the Revolution. It later became one of the major reasons contributing to the Civil War as it raised the price on manufactured goods used in the agriculture slave economy of the South but produced in the industrialized North.
