Columns & Editorials

At a recent birthday party, I was introduced to the friend of a friend of a cousin. She is very young. 

The idea that the rich, powerful and influential can buy their way into elite universities or anywhere else should not be a surprise to most people. 

While children and television aren’t exciting subject matter, we do need to address this topic, just to lay some groundwork. From educational PBS programming to anime to classic Warner Brothers,

When I was 13, I won the school spelling bee at Forney Middle School and advanced to Kaufman County and then to the state competition. I was happy and proud

Not long ago, a query to a teacher about his or her greatest concern in the classroom might have been a lack of supplies or something similarly benign. A response

Are you a scaredy-cat? I am. I reason that everyone has an immobilizing, irrational fear of some sort. My cousin, for instance, hates bad weather, the sort that forces you

It is always refreshing when teachers or students do amazing things in education. 

My mother-in-law Nicki likes to say, “Well, I don’t feel old ‘til I look in the mirror.” She’s 72 years young. 

Kelly tried to absorb what she had just heard. Mr. Destiny had just told her that a library of secrets covering three thousand years lined the walls of the old abandon subway as far as she could see.

I have never been a King, or Prince. I have never been rich in this world’s goods, but since my Father, (GOD) owns the whole world, and I am one of His heirs.

“Are you ready for us to show you a wonder beyond your imagination?” Mr. Destiny said. She looked at him and Mr. Fate. Her old friend had a broad smile

My wife and I came to Forney in the year 1999. The First Baptist Church was downtown with about 800 members. We had decided to visit several churches to see

ALIENS Are there really any aliens out there visiting earth? Let’s suppose there were aliens visiting us here on earth. What condition would have to exist for that to be