“The cat has the mouse. The spider has the fly; the fox has the farmer’s hens. And men have each other.” — Author T R Pollock

Under ordinary circumstances, few would dispute that when a nation turns against its educators and reviles scientists as "elitists," it's headed downhill. Not to mention when it attacks work

During his first 18 years in Congress, the view from Lamar Smith's office was of a parking lot. Now, in his 13th term, he looks out upon the Capitol dome. Seniority confers perquisites.

SATTLER - You can't really ignore or hide out from what's going on in the world today. Turn on the TV, log onto the Internet, pick up a newspaper or news magazine or tune into talk radio and you are s

AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry on Feb. 25 announced the formation of the Task Force on Unfunded Mandates, a bipartisan panel of one former and eight current Texas public officials.

For the past two weeks, a fascinating debate - centered on the bombing of Dresden, Germany during the final months of World War II - has occurred on the Opinion pages of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitu

For Princetonians, the senior thesis is a high hurdle before graduation. For Wendy Kopp, class of 1989, it became a career devoted to transforming primary and secondary education. What began as an ide

The form a female must sign before getting an abortion is almost by itself enough to stop her.

NEW BRAUNFELS — Not long after we arrived in this country, my mother took me to see my first Broadway musical. I recall being dazzled by the sights and sounds and the sheer artistry of a live Broadway

Recent events in Washington and Wisconsin have me thinking that maybe we should just go ahead and change the national motto to something more truly reflective of today's America. Forget "e plurib

MADISON, Wis. - Hitherto, when this university town and seat of state government applauded itself as "the Athens of the Midwest," the sobriquet suggested kinship with the cultural glories of

SATTLER - Reba Sue Lock always appreciated libraries. But it was during a special project that she found Tye Preston Memorial Library to be much more than just a place to check out a book or two.

AUSTIN - Last week, the Senate Finance and the House Appropriations committees were busy gathering input in daily hearings to fine tune their respective versions (Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1) of th

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"For the first time in history, the next generation of Texans is projected to have less education, less wealth, and fewer years of life than the one before."