Opinion

Talk about a royal mess. The saleslady had simply had enough.

Everyone will tell you that when you sell a book, you don’t get to pick the cover. I know this, and I am fine with it. I don’t know much about selling books, and my publisher does nothing but sell books, so I trust they would know what makes for a good cover. But I was flattered when they asked me for ideas about what I’d like on the cover of my book, and I knew right away: Emily Anderson.

I have never minded getting advice. My husband, Peter, is good about giving advice, and one of the things I regularly need advice on is food, specifically if I should eat food that I already know I should not.

A collective funk is descending upon America’s children these days. Moms are outfitting kids with new clothes.

With so much breaking news this summer, not to mention family travel and fun time, chances are you missed it. Sliced Bread Day has come and gone.

By now, we’ve all read the headlines, watched the devastating footage, and heard harrowing accounts of the catastrophic flood that overtook the Texas Hill Country early in the morning on the Fourth of July. In mere hours, the Guadalupe River rose by nearly 30 feet and tore through parts of Hunt, Ingram, Kerrville, and communities along the path, quickly becoming one of the most destructive severe weather events our state has ever experienced. In Kerr County alone, more than 100 people lost their lives, including children at Camp Mystic, and some are still missing.

Independent Cattleman’s Association (ICA) Executive Director Among the many threats that move silently across borders, few are as devastating or as historically hard to control as New World Screwworm. It took a decade-long, coordinated, binational effort to eradicate screwworm from the U.S., and any lapse in vigilance unnecessarily risks the health of the domestic herd.

The summer vacation season is in full swing. Millions of Americans are heading to the wilderness to get away from it all.