Wichita Falls Times Record Opinions

Ever since the “Crepe Myrtle Abstraction” debacle of a few decades ago, Wichita Falls has shied away from public art.

Every now and then it’s fun to see what goes on in the brains — and vocabularies — of the younger generation as they wrestle with the facts and concepts in the world around them.

It started out innocently enough. My brother and I were heading to a spot just beyond Abilene for a weekend dove hunting.

Someone with less tact than me might say the chickens came home to roost in Minneapolis this week.

It might raise the hackles of local Democrats to know they’re footing the bill for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. It certainly wouldn’t sit well with Republicans if they knew they picked up the tab for the Democrats’ conclave last month.

In this time of inflation, out-of-sight gasoline prices and much higher food store prices, the biggest losers appear to be those with a single source of income, such as Social Security.

Nicholas Evans, author of the novel “The Horse Whisperer,” along with his wife and in-laws, is recovering from cooking and eating toxic wild mushrooms they picked in Scotland.

In this time of inflation, out-of-sight gasoline prices and much higher food store prices, the biggest losers appear to be those with a single source of income, such as Social Security.

The perseverance of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Gustav proved two things.

Last week I told you school started in Bowie on Aug. 25.

Last week I told you school started in Bowie on Aug. 25.

If only Jericho Scott were a mediocre baseball player.

If only Jericho Scott were a mediocre baseball player.