Opinion

You have to hand it to Windy. When Alphonse “Windy” Wilson chooses to speak, it is a bombastic sampling of creativity. Windy has yet to find a word he can’t make better through his own unique methods.

In this presidential election year, the question is whether we have made improvements to our election system to ensure an honest and clean election. One way to measure this is to examine a state’s voter rolls.

When was the last time someone was kind to you? Or you were kind to someone else? What were the ripple effects of those moments? A few days ago, a colleague offered to help me meet a deadline since he had extra time, and I was busy. It made me feel appreciated and supported, and eager to aid him in return.

Life in a small town means everybody knows what’s going on, good or bad. Just take what happened to Dud the other day.

One economist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history,” according to the Texas Standard. The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 is expected to draw up to a million visitors to the Lone Star State, especially in its narrow path of totality.

During the 20th century, asbestos was overly used in the U.S. military, as the WWII war effort demanded accessible materials for military equipment production. Asbestos was available in large amounts, and manufacturers wanted to make the most of its broad range of utility and low price, ignoring the health risks of mixing asbestos in products. The Navy capitalized the most on using asbestos, and it put naval personnel at an outstandingly high risk of asbestos exposure. However, this doesn’t exclude other military bases from being a potential source of asbestos contamination.