I have almost 14,000 kids that make me proud to come to work every, single day.

Editor, the Advocate:

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swif…

January is National Mentoring Month, an annual campaign dedicated to celebrating and elevating the mentoring movement.

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

The state fined the Placedo water district last week for failing to collect drinking water samples to test for lead and copper, but the small town south of Victoria is hardly alone.

On this dawn of a new year, let’s talk about age. Age is surfacing as an issue in the upcoming elections in a way we haven’t seen before.

Olivia Hicks, a fourth grader at De Leon Elementary School, has been nominated for Best Commercial Actor/Model.

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unt…

Roofers

The following editorial published on Jan. 15 in the Los Angeles Times:

Criminal activity imposes huge costs on black residents in low-income neighborhoods of cities such as Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Philadelphia and many others.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by Donald Trump. Many folks on the Democratic side say this is an overreaction by our president, it was uncalled for, a major provocation, Soleimani was not That bad. They felt it was an accelerator of terrible things to come to the United States, because it…

The following editorial published in the Amarillo Globe-News on Jan. 8:

The unincorporated town of Bloomington takes one step up and at least two steps back.

Witness

And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

The governor’s decision to opt out of the federal refugee resettlement program marks a shift in the state’s Republican establishment over the past two decades.

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Victoria City Council members plan to kick around a few new ideas for Bootfest, and they seem ready to exchange its design for one that is not so costly to taxpayers.

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Tuesday’s event was supposed to be the big one, the final showdown before actual voting begins. If, like me, you’ve watched every minute of every Democratic debate so far – and here’s wishing we’d all get a life – you know the unfortunate truths:

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. An estimated 99.7% of cervical cancer cases are caused by the group of viruses known as HPV.

The Texas attorney general got a political gift in the form of a friendly request for his opinion: a chance to take a swipe at a political nemesis.

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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

The books we borrow follow us everywhere – to the doctor’s office waiting room or that favorite recliner.

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And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

Master Gardener

I have given you my word to keep you updated on our progress as we work on the strategic plan, and I want to deliver on that promise.

Do you realize that Sunday, Jan. 19, marks the 100th birthday of that indefatigable advocacy group the American Civil Liberties Union?

The following editorial published on Jan. 6 in the Wall Street Journal:

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shal…

Editor, the Advocate:

The following editorial published in the Corpus Christi Caller Times on Jan. 9:

For four years, local and state governments in Texas were allowed to keep a lot of public business hidden. New laws make more of that information public. But what did they get away with in the meantime?

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

It is not easy to publicly say “Stop we need to examine what happened and see if we have other ways to accomplish the same goal.”

A voter may dislike a black, homosexual or female candidate, but it’s not likely that he would openly admit it. However, diversity-crazed leftist/progressive Democrats have openly condemned the physical characteristics of some of their 2020 presidential candidates.

Here are 10 things Democratic presidential candidates should avoid saying Jan. 14 in the year’s first debate:

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the…