Category: Viewpoints

The Freestone County TEA Party Meeting opened with a passionate prayer by Henry Horton and the pledges to the American and Texas flags. There was a large and lively crowd. We went right into the introduction of candidates for...

James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well, relates the story of a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and...

This week, I sat in a man’s office with whom I am acquainted but I do not know him well. I have no idea what church he goes to if at all, but there was a well-used Bible lying on his desk. In the midst of our conversation, I...

  Last week The Red Oak Ranch saw a “rootin’, tootin’” time!  The men were here cutting hay and The Colonel had taken “Ole Blue” out to look around and see how they were doing.  As he was sitting in the truck, the hay...

  Please Open Your Hearts to Denham Springs, LA. Can you imagine Freestone County flooding where your homes and belongings are completely destroyed; no services. Living in cars, if you’re lucky; or a tent or shanty made out of...