To the Editor: Purportedly, Elon Musk’s business and consulting expertise can increase the federal government’s (all three branches) ability to efficiently serve the public interest, thus the E in Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The essential question is whether government does more harm than good, or more good than harm.

To the Editor: I have never written a response to another letter writer before because I feel that this space in the paper is for everyone to have a voice. I am doing so today because Ms.

To the Editor: I believe: • That all people are created equal, and that this is America’s fundamental ideal. • That America is a representative democracy, by and for the people: governed by the Constitution and its interpretations, protected by the Bill of Rights, and inspired by the Declaration of Independence.

To the Editor: Our Fayette County Trumpsters are fact free frequently in the Record’s Letters to the Editor. Defending Little Donnie’s pathetic performance concerning the Ukraine is a recent example.

The Record welcomes letters to the editor and guest columns. Email them to editor Jeff Wick at jeff@fayettecountyrecord.

Spring is so noisy. Have you noticed? No, I don’t mean the noise you hear with your ears.

On Fridays throughout the year, but especially on the Fridays during the holy season of Lent, many Christians will give special devotion and reverence to the cross. Many will give up meat or choose to offer some other fast as a way of uniting to the thirst and suffering of Jesus as He stretched out His arms on the cross for the salvation of the world. Yes, the Resurrection is important, and Sundays commemorate this salvific event, but we cannot rush to the Resurrection without going through the cross. The cross - the object we see throughout our homes, on necklaces or bracelets, and in our churches. The very cross that we make on our bodies as Catholics as we begin and end our prayers in order to remind ourselves who we are. The cross is an instrument to remind us we are Christians.

C APITAL Highlights The Texas Senate last week passed a bill to allow school districts to set aside time for in-school prayer and gave initial approval to requiring all schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The Austin American-Statesman reported that the two measures were priorities of Lt.

History President Franklin Roosevelt secretly signed an executive order in early April 1942 that allowed American aviators to join Claire Chennault’s volunteers in China. With the United States still eight months away from entering the escalating worldwide conflict, support for the “Flying Tigers” had to be discreet.

I think I took someone’s advice too seriously this week. I appeared in a play Thursday evening and as I was going on stage another actor whispered the age-old words for those going before the lights: “Break a leg.” So, I did.