Staff blogs

  • LAHightower

    What's on your mind?

    By LAHightower in Community Conversation

    Welcome to another Wednesday, lovely readers. We've had an exciting week in the news and we're ready to form some opinions for the coming week. As always, we will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Internet cafe area and encourage ...

  • cjcastillo

    Play Atari Breakout on Google's Image Search

    By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

    In case you haven't seen this yet, in honor of the 35th anniversary of Atari's Breakout game, Google created a neat Easter egg which allows you to play Breakout on Google's Image search. How to play: -Go to Google Image ...

  • ChrisCobler

    How much do you value the public's right to know?

    By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

    Our democracy rests on an intricate set of checks and balances, brilliantly envisioned by our forefathers. Yet, our lawmakers too often want to chip away at democracy's cornerstone -- the public's right to know. Some of the offending legislation is ...

  • katduncan

    More than a Mother's Day

    By katduncan in Advocate Photo Blog

    Today I photographed a family at their mother's day gathering. It was the first mother's day the mom had spent with her son after she adopted him. She took him in after his mother (her sister) died, but this year ...

  • askalice

    Annoying Friends

    By askalice in Ask Alice

    Dear Alice: I have one friend who is super nosy any annoying. He follows me around constantly and asks super awkward and dumb questions all the time! I wish he would shut up! The other day he dug into my ...

  • SonnyLong

    Why Emmitt Came

    By SonnyLong in Helping Hands

    How awesome was it that someone the caliber of Emmitt Smith came to Victoria to speak. Not only did he deliver an inspirational message for a large crowd at Faith Family Church, he met with smaller groups of young people ...

  • ChrisCobler

    What happens if you raise a smart aleck?

    By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

    Drawing by Julie Zavala When I saw a segment on the morning news about a giant African land snail invading Houston, I immediately thought of our son. A Sam Houston State University researcher warned against picking up this invasive species ...

  • LAHightower

    Got an opinion?

    By LAHightower in Community Conversation

    We do! Welcome to another Wednesday editorial board meeting. We're glad you could come by. This week, we will be joined by Linda May, emergency services director of the American Red Cross Crossroads Chapter, at 1:30 p.m. in our Internet ...

  • ChrisCobler

    How do you best honor a legacy?

    By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

    When I was a cub reporter of only 22 in Colorado Springs, I worked with a larger-than-life assistant city editor whose voice and laughter bounced around the newsroom's walls. I was still learning the trade, but Jim Bishop, who went ...

  • keldyortiz

    Supporting others

    By keldyortiz in oh yeah, health

    For the last few weeks, I've been covering benefits, from people who have cancer, to supporting people who were killed and hurt during the Boston Marathon. While each benefit has been different, the spirit of the Crossroads people reflects the ...

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