We were sitting on a sandbar in wet clothes somewhere in the middle of the Colorado River, on the first evening of our 19-mile Spring Break kayak journey, when my wife looked at me and said, “I can’t remember when I felt this miserable.”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Many of you are wearing green in some shape or form. You have friends and family (and leprechauns) that will find it an appropriate time to pinch you for not wearing it. How did we get to today, where we celebrate St. Patrick by wearing green, drinking green beer, to eat corned beef and cabbage, and attend parades and other festivities to celebrate the death of a Christian missionary?

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Midshipman Robert Potter resigned from the U.S. Navy on Mar.

To the Editor: There may be an AI (artificial intelligence) data center facility coming soon to a cow pasture near you. Texas has about 411 AI data centers with more planned.

To the Editor: This is in response to the LTE that was in the paper on March 13, 2026 titled “ Tired, Old Talking Points” by Glynis Tietjen. I really think Ms.

To the Editor: I am writing to bring a matter of urgent public concern to the attention of my fellow residents regarding the Fayette Power Project (FPP) and the current state of regulatory oversight in our backyard. Recently, I filed a formal pollution complaint and a request for a contested case hearing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

To the Editor: In2010,theSupremeCourt made a decision that changed American elections in a very damaging way. The case was called Citizens United v.

“At a time when the World seems to be spinning hopelessly out of control…” Willie Nelson, The Red-Headed Stranger Album If you’re wanting to read about politics, you won’t find it here. I would just like to share a story that really has no bearing on today’s events, one about childhood and a simpler time.

To the Editor: I continue to receive repeats of Harry Truman historical fiction in my email, it’s repeated exponentially over Facebook for at least a decade and occasionally makes it to the pages of the Record. In this creative telling, “Noble Harry Truman” left office at age 68 and lived in poverty on a $112.56/month military pension, refusing to profit from his time in office.