Kurt Vonnegut Jr. dies at 84

VOA News - Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies
Kurt Vonnegut emerged as one of the most influential and provocative writers in the United States, during the 1960’s. His writing was an ongoing protest against what he felt were the horrors of the 20th Century. He wrote of an unending sequence of disastrous wars, the destruction of [...]

Lesser San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

MySA.com: Metro | State
Alarmed by the destruction now visited by the rapid migration to our city — almost all of from legal aliens from the United States — I am forming the Lesser San Antonio Chamber of Commerce to counter the mindless growth long advocated by another organization of vacuous boosters that I will not [...]

Mandatory steroid testing in Texas

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If ever an issue has needed to be addressed locally, it’s this sticky business of testing athletes in Texas public high schools for steroids.
Really, this shouldn’t be a complicated matter. But, as usual, political ambitions have prevailed over common sense.
And, as usual, the taxpayer will get stuck paying the freight.
The Texas Senate and House [...]

Have some time during the day?

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Can you deliver?
Last year, Meals on Wheels delivered more than 600,000 lunches to seniors.
Earlier this week, Christian Senior Services invited a bunch of local business and media types to help them make some of the deliveries.
The message: They still need volunteers and money. Call (210) 735-5115 to contribute either.
No, this isn’t my blog post [...]