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- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Make App Stores Verify Every User's Age?
Texas now enforces app-store age checks and parental approval for minors. Is that smart child protection, or a costly privacy and speech burden on everyone?
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should One Library Book Cost a Texas School an Entire Letter Grade?
Texas leaders may tie school library compliance to A through F ratings. Here are the strongest arguments for protecting children and preserving honest grades.
- VideoCommunity
Confess Your Sins, One To Another..
> *"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed."* — James 5:16 > *"For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad."* — Luke 8:1
- ArticleOpinion
Did Texas Make the School Phone Ban Too Broad?
Texas bars student phone use across the full school day. Here is the strongest case for the rule, the strongest objection, and the question for parents.
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Schools Lock Student Phones Away All Day?
Texas requires schools to prohibit student phone use during the school day. Here are the strongest arguments for locked storage and more flexible enforcement.
- ArticleCommentary
They're Coming for Sesame Street Now — And Here's Why That Matters
A children's show posted 'everyone is welcome' for Pride Month. The meltdown that followed says more about us than it does about Muppets.
- ArticleNews
Longview’s Free Babygarten Gives Babies and Caregivers a Place to Begin
Longview Public Library hosts free Babygarten Story Time today at 10:30 a.m. for ages 0 to 2, with songs, a short story, play, and caregiver connection.
- ArticleFaith & Today
Jesus Touched the Outcast: What Compassion Requires During a Measles Surge
Mark 1 shows Jesus restoring an excluded man’s dignity. Here is how that lesson can guide truthful, compassionate action during the 2026 U.S. measles surge.
- ArticleNews
Longview Kids Can Build for Free at the Library This Morning
Longview Public Library hosts a free LEGO build today from 10 a.m. to noon for ages 1 to 12. Here is what families need to know before they go today.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Air Conditioning on Every School Bus?
Texas regulates school bus safety but does not require air conditioning on every bus. Here are the strongest cases for a mandate and local control.
- ArticleTexas Education
Should Texas Require Middle and High Schools to Start at 8:30 or Later?
Longview secondary schools open before 8:30. Sleep research favors later starts, but buses, sports, work, and family schedules make the policy difficult.
- ArticleReflection
Teaching a Kid to Fish Before a Phone Teaches Him to Scroll
The tackle box beats the tablet. A first fishing trip plan for East Texas parents: where to go, gear for under forty dollars, what to say when nothing bites.
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Require the Ten Commandments in Every Public School Classroom?
Texas now requires the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Here are the law, current court ruling, and strongest arguments on both sides.
- ArticleFamily
The Kind of Man My Kids Need Me to Be
Being a dad broke my pride wide open. In the best way. It made me grow up faster than the Marine Corps ever did. Here's something I had to learn the hard way. Your kids don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be present, honest, and
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Make Election Day a State Holiday?
Texas polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and state law protects some voting time. Would an Election Day holiday improve access or add cost without fixing gaps?
- ArticleRebuild
The business that needed me in the room
Wholesale Universe stopped when I stopped. That is not bad luck, it is a design flaw. Why every system I build now runs in a room I am not standing in.
- ArticleEast Texas
Longview Teens Can Use a Free Esports Room Today
Longview teens ages 13 through 17 can use Broughton Recreation Center's esports room free this afternoon. Membership is not required. Check details.
- ArticleLocal investigations
“I Will Come to You”: The Facebook Exchange I’m Putting on the Record
Screenshots document a Facebook dispute over reported allegations involving Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur and Mike Jones later writing to Ryan Nichols, “I will come to you!!!”
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Stop Changing the Clocks Twice a Year?
Texas voted for year-round daylight saving time, but federal law still requires seasonal clock changes. Here are the strongest arguments for each choice.
- ArticleTexas Education
Should Texas Schools Keep the Four-Day Week?
Texas four-day school weeks can aid teacher recruitment, but state data show academic risks. Should districts keep control of the calendar choice?
- ArticleThe Work
A Handful of Messages a Year
The most honest signup form I have built promises two texts a trip. Name the trigger, name the ceiling, then be boring about keeping it. The follow up lesson in one sentence.
- ArticleReflection
The Night Before the Storm
Rescue crews stage gear the night before so morning cannot ambush them. The exact five item, twelve minute evening checklist any working parent can run tonight.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Keep Grading Public Schools A Through F?
Texas grades public schools A through F using achievement, progress, and gap measures. Here is the strongest case for keeping or changing the system.
- ArticleEast Texas
Should Longview Allow More Duplexes, ADUs, and Smaller Homes?
Longview's housing plan recommends duplexes, ADUs, smaller lots, and zoning reform. Here are the local facts and the strongest arguments on both sides.
- ArticleFaith & Today
Elijah, the Widow and the Last Meal: What East Texas Heat Requires of Neighbors
The widow of Zarephath shared during drought. Here is what 1 Kings 17 teaches—and what East Texans can do during today’s heat advisory.
- VideoLegal Filings
What's the Difference? Harrison County Wrote the Rule on July 13 — Then Charged Me Anyway
On July 13, 2025, Harrison County officers said on bodycam that a gun not pulled, pointed, or paired with a threat is "not a threat" and filed no charge. Months later the same county charged me on a fact pattern with no drawn gun and no ver
- ArticleInvestigation
East Texas Grandparents Say They Asked for a Welfare Check — Then Were Told They Could Be Arrested
 **Lynn and Rhonda Tress say they are not looking for drama. They are looking for answers — about their g