The following editorial published in the “Houston Chronicle” on June 10:

LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:

All school districts have a serious responsibility to protect the most vulnerable of our population – our children.

We are living in a time of increasing domestic tension. Some of it stems from the presidency of Donald Trump. Another part of it is various advocacy groups on both sides of the political spectrum demanding one cause or another. But nearly totally ignored is how growing government control ove…

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

People indebted to me

For years I have been saying that my ideal school district would be one that guarantees to a parent (and community member) that 100 percent of our students will have a “successful launch.” These are the words I have used over and over countless times. I have said “successful launch” to just …

Editor, the Advocate:

Editor, the Advocate:

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

The Victoria Bach Festival broadens our cultural landscape, thereby enriching our lives and enlightening our children. This year, Arts and Culture Texas named the festival one of the 10 best cultural events in Texas during the week beginning June 3. The other nine events took place in the fi…

My dad turns 86 next month. He never thought he’d live so long – or see as many Father’s Days as he has – because his parents both died far too young.

Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Chloe Morales, 14, was crowned 2019 Bella Rose Pageantry Ambassador at the Miss Texas pageant this past weekend in San Antonio. She is the daughter of George and Stephanie Morales, of Victoria.

We’ve come a far way, but still have a far way to go.

Officer Jesse Garcia

The governor is busy touting the accomplishments of the recently ended Texas legislative session while inadvertently reminding his Twitter followers of one of his administration’s errors.

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

At last week’s ceremonial groundbreaking for the University of Houston-Victoria’s Northwest Campus, university and city officials laid the foundation for expanded education and business opportunities in the college neighborhood.

Editor, the Advocate:

Last week, I visited the Texas-Mexico border for an updated look at the situation, and I can confirm that this is certainly not a “manufactured crisis” – our border agencies are overwhelmed.

Math

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled and …

The following editorial published in The Wall Street Journal on June 4:

The conservative groups who made a feast of former House Speaker Joe Straus for 10 years have a new target: Straus successor Dennis Bonnen.

Editor, the Advocate:

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Texas seniors and those with disabilities face rising out-of-pocket drug costs.

When House Bill 3 legislation was announced at the end of the legislative session, it was immediately met with excitement, apprehension and some confusion.

The following editorial published in the “Longview News-Journal” on June 2:

Editor, the Advocate:

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

The city of Victoria’s water system is better prepared than it was when Hurricane Harvey struck almost two years ago. Unfortunately, that’s not saying a lot.

When you send your youngster off to college, you might not mind that they will have to walk on eggshells, respect taboos, snitch on fellow students for politically incorrect jokes and learn to use ad hominem arguments as a means to attack ideas they find “disagreeable.” If that’s your prefer…

Taught by Memories

And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, after this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles…

Editor, the Advocate:

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Movie theaters are the places where imagination and fantasies come alive. It’s where we suspend our disbelief to watch dinosaurs roam the earth, gangsters rob a bank and aliens invade spaceships.

What a difference a biennium makes. If the Texas Senate had had its way in 2017, we’d all be wearing laminated miniatures of our birth certificates on lanyards around our necks to gain admittance to our prescribed potty facilities. Last session was all about regulating who could go where and…

Editor, the Advocate:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Saturday, June 1, the Victoria County Historical Commission conducted Cemetery Preservation Workshop Part II, facilitated by gravestone restoration expert Lowell Herzog, of Brenham. The workshop was well attended and was a huge success.

Ensign Buster Dodge, a 2013 Refugio High School graduate is participating in a rigorous training process that transforms officers into U.S. naval aviators. He is a student pilot with the “Stingrays” of Training Squadron (VT) 35, based in Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. The squadron flies t…

I have always been a big supporter of veterans. I have a family full of veterans from my father to my nephew and many relatives in between.

The greatest turning point of World War II was wrought with valor and determination that most could never imagine as the Allied forces undertook a bold invasion of the European mainland, slogging ashore amid enemy fire and raging seas, knowing that their mission was as dangerous as it was ne…