According to the USDA, the one item most commonly purchased with food stamps is Coke — the incredibly sugary drink that other parts of America call...
In 2015, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack declared that the conditions for children in the Texas foster care system were so bad that it represented...
The Texas Legislature can’t resist getting in on the action. While the administration in Washington has bludgeoned Columbia University into overhauling its Middle Eastern Studies Department,...
At the close of 2024, I wrote my first children’s picture book, Joan of Art, about being brave to be who God called you to be...
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(Michael Hogue) Give her a chance. That’s what I’ve been telling clients and friends since the Dallas City Council named Kimberly Bizor Tolbert the new city...
Nebraska hospitals have a North Star that guides them. Wherever a patient lives in Nebraska, they deserve access to quality care. We must work to ensure...
Contributing Columnist Talmage Boston(Michael Hogue) At his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, 78-year-old Joe Biden gave a 21-minute speech crafted by a team of speechwriters that...
(Michael Hogue) One early morning last week, just before sunrise, I heard a strange sound as if someone was yelling in intervals. At first, I thought...
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