Jesus and guns

Tuesday, May. 14, 2013

I was greatly impressed by Wedgwood Baptist Church Pastor Al Meredith's comments in the Star-Telegram on May 3. They were courageous and also well-thought out. (See: “Church members are praising God, packing heat”)Read more

Loan sense

Tuesday, May. 14, 2013

Letter writer Richard Simms wants the Texas House to cap payday lenders at 36 percent APR. (See: “Payday lending,” May 5) That would eliminate those lenders as the source of last resort.Read more

High-speed rail to DFW

Tuesday, May. 14, 2013

Imagine living in Hillsboro and working in Fort Worth, or working or shopping in Dallas and the suburban cities that make up the Metroplex.Read more

Airport’s the place

Tuesday, May. 14, 2013

“Regionalism” is often evoked to forward a parochial agenda and to get the “region” to buy in.Read more

Beware what you wish

Tuesday, May. 14, 2013

Texans are united in discouraging government interference in their lives. Gov. Perry brags continuously about Texas being business-friendly and deliberately weak on regulations.Read more

Stop hoarding ammo

Monday, May. 13, 2013

Now that gun-control legislation has failed to pass even the easiest hurdle in Congress, can people please stop hoarding ammunition?Read more

Question tax code validity

Monday, May. 13, 2013

Your May 8 editorial (“U.S. Senate rightly addresses online sales tax disparity”) plainly views a tax on Internet sales as a legitimate effort to right a perceived wrong done to brick-and-mortar stores that have to collect sales taxes.Read more

Explosion explanation

Saturday, May. 11, 2013

Gov. Perry says “spending more state money on inspections would not have prevented the deadly explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant.” (See: April 23 story “Perry downplays inspections”)Read more

Obama on guns

Saturday, May. 11, 2013

Dave Waldrop’s disrespectful, inaccurate April 27 letter cried out for rebuttal. His assertion that President Obama lied about 90 percent of Americans supporting enhanced background checks for gun purchases was outrageous.Read more

Prepare transport

Saturday, May. 11, 2013

Visitors to our area for special events don’t realize how far it is from Dallas or Fort Worth to the Arlington area. Many think we have a large public transportation network, as do most major cities.Read more