Stephenville aims for another strong run

Stephenville joins a field of 64 teams in College Station today for the 2009 Fox Sports Southwest 7-on-7 State Championship presented by Adidas and Academy Sports and Outdoors.

On obesity and health costs

Prevention is widely acknowledged to be a key part of reducing the nation?s astronomical health care costs.

Democrats play word games on immigration

On June 24, Sen. Charles Schumer gave a remarkable speech on immigration. Preparing the way for the Obama administration's expected push for comprehensive reform, Schumer adopted a newer, tougher-sounding tone as he promised that a bill would be passed during "this Congress."

Not-so-lame ducks

 What's so bad about lame ducks? It's one of the many questions Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin raised when she stunned the political world with her announcement that she would soon be leaving office. 

On Hollywood and historical accuracy

The tension between Hollywood and history is a long-standing one, and it's aggravated by the reality that too many people glean their historical "knowledge" from Hollywood scripts.

Sarah, what’s next?

If you want a story to get very little coverage, issue a press release on a Friday afternoon. Preferably around a holiday or just about any Friday in the summer.

Are we ready for a post-racial society?

In its widely anticipated decision in Ricci v. DeStefano -- the New Haven firefighters' case -- a majority of the Supreme Court evaded a significant opportunity to seriously question the constitutionality of the long familiar affirmative-action claims by groups and classes that they had been discriminated against by race, gender, et al. I agree with the late Justice William O. Douglas -- passionately opposed to discrimination in any form -- that the 14th Amendment guarantees "equal protection of the laws" to individuals.

Finally, a bipartisan topic: Sex scandals

 With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it's probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist's son, he married money, went into real estate, then politics. Like many South Carolina aristocrats, he's an Episcopalian. However, like most Southern Republicans, Sanford talked like a Biblical fundamentalist: piously condemning others' sexual sins and boasting about his own righteousness.

Letter to the Editor,

To the editor,

'Reconciliation' to pass health bill won't work

Liberal health-reform advocates have talked about ramming a reform plan -- including a Medicare-like public insurance option -- through the Senate with only 51 Democratic votes. But a leading Senate player says it won't work.