Saw an older factually based movie the other night called “Geronimo,” based on the wartime years of his life concluding with his surrender and what was left of his Apache tribe being transported out of Arizona to Florida to be prisoners of war for the rest of their lives.
Eligible Texans planning to vote in the November general election have until Oct. 7 to register, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminds folks. The registration deadline applies to both early and election day voting.
William Faulkner wrote “the past is not dead; it’s not even past,” and we are seeing that phrase happen in real time.
A 200-page report from the Department of Homeland Security faulted U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, concluding they “failed to establish command and had inadequate training” in one of the deadliest classroom attacks, The Dallas Morning News reported.
It took some time, but a set of new laws and rules passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 went into effect on Sept. 1, the Houston Chronicle reported. Prominent among these are the SCOPE Act, or Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act, which tightens restrictions for online users younger than 18.
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