A Franciscan priest, who made the long and dangerous trip from the New World in search of the mysterious “Lady in Blue,” arrived at a Spanish abbey on Apr. 21, 1631.

Governor Abbott and some well-heeled supporters, along with Texas Legislators (many of whom have received significant contributions from those supporters), are about to do to private K-12 education in Texas what the federal government did to higher education beginning in the 1970s, namely increase tuition costs to students and families tremendously. Wait, that’s not what vouchers are going to do, is it? Hmmm ... let’s see what happened back then.

To the Editor: What is a culture war? Is it simply a disagreement of beliefs? Or is it that one group wants to grant freedoms while another group wants to restrict them? The allotment of freedom is easy to comprehend, but from where does the desire for limited freedom initiate? Laws often restrict freedom to some extent or another and societal norms often serve as the basis for these laws. For example, intrusion into one’s home and/ or theft is considered unfair and unjust so we have made laws against these actions.

My first encounter with a large dead balloon came on our family ranch. Dad and I were walking the ranch when I saw a strange-looking box in the woods. Attached to the box were a parachute and cords. The box was small and had official writing on it. It was a weather station balloon.

We are such creatures of habit and heaven forbid if one alters a well-established routine. It takes a long time and a great deal of frustration just to change the time of day when we take our medications.

To the Editor: Ms. Hooper’s recent letter reflects a troubling view of America and her fellow citizens.

To the Editor: In response to Patty Reid’s letter. We The People did take action on Nov.

To the Editor: The debate on political issues will occur until the end of time. But why do people have to make up or downright lie about things during these times? During the Biden presidency, during the 2024 presidential campaign, and even now, almost three months after President Trump has taken office, liberal leftists are still saying Trump is going to lessen or deplete our Social Security.

To the Editor: I’m loving the hands-on approach Trump and his cabinet (and appointees like Musk) are taking to wrestle out waste, fraud and corruption of my tax dollars. Sorry Patty, this is exactly what the majority of “We the People” voted for to root out the bureaucratic administrative state.

To the Editor: This is a response to Sandy Hooper’s letter of April 4. The phrase or idiom “Get off your high horse” can be traced back to the 19th century- meaning telling someone to stop behaving in an overbearing manner, criticizing everyone and everything, or acting self-righteous, or smugly superior as if they knew more, are better, or claim a higher moral ground than everyone else.