Why should groups engaged in political activity get a tax break anyway?

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Pope Francis made headlines for saying during a private homily for Vatican employees that all people are redeemed by Christ, whether they’re Catholic or even non-believers. If someone says they’re an atheist, the pope was quoted as saying, “do good and we’ll meet there.” He also said, “this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace.” Is this a radical position in a world filled with religious tensions — or the kind of call to understanding that’s likely to be broadly embraced?

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Have you called the customer-service number for an American company without hearing a recorded message that “all our agents/representatives are busy”? You may even be told that your call might be recorded for quality-assurance purposes and that your call is important, although not important enough for anyone to answer. But, rest assured, it will be answered in the order in which it was received.

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Whose idea was it to turn Grapevine’s Main Street during Main Street Days into the Berlin Wall at midnight?

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Memorial Day marks the beginning of the 100 deadliest days of the year on our nation’s roads for teen drivers. During the summer months, hundreds of teens are killed in car crashes, and their families devastated. These deaths are unacceptable, especially because these crashes are preventable.

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Mac Engel argued in a May 15 article on Lone Star Park that we need to legalize gambling in Texas so the track can offer larger purses and attract better horses so that he can see better horse races there. (See: “Gaming is Lone Star’s best bet”)

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DART Board Chairman John Carter Danish was quoted as saying in a May 16 story: “I want to go as a missionary into Arlington and show them why the citizens have been robbed by not having a mass-transit system.” (See: “A DART committee gives initial approval to providing bus service in Arlington”)

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In a May 18 letter, Jim Parker described modern-day Democrats as give-up artists in their efforts to implement universal background checks for gun purchases and went on to say that they have “slid so far left that they now embrace Marxism.” (See: “Dems moving left”)

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Daniel Younger claimed in a May 19 letter that prayer and a display of the Ten Commandments might have prevented the recent sexual contact between a teacher and a student, leading to the teacher’s arrest. (See: “Moral decline”)

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According to Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley, Tarrant County College graduates the fifth-largest number of students in the nation. That’s quite an accomplishment. Although more than 6,000 students graduated from TCC in 2013, only about 2,000 opted to take part in the formal ceremony. This large number warrants two ceremonies.

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