THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury When one nitpicks, there’s no end to it. We’re all frequently guilty, and I admit to being among chief sinners, particularly since the term’s initial usage began in 1956, the same year I finished Early High School. Sudden thought: Maybe I’m the guy who first justified the term. Like heat surging from “simmer to boil”
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MEALS ON WHEELS PLUS Click here for a story on the 50th anniversary celebration dinner, with link to purchase tickets BETTY BRADLEYBirthplace: Monte Vista, ColoradoHometown: Grew up on a farm near Swede Corners, six miles from Saguache, ColoradoFamily: Daughter in Abilene; son, daughter-in-law, and grandson in Pflugerville; twin granddaughters in Chicago; oldest granddaughter, her husband and first great-grandchild in Irvington,
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The following statement concerning the election of Pope Leo XIV is from Bishop Michael Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo . It is with great joy that we received the news that the cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church. He has taken the name of Leo XIV. Pope Leo, age 69, from
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By Dr. Paul Fabrizio The white smoke from the Vatican chimney carried a big surprise. After decades of it being assumed wisdom that the pope could not be an American, Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost was elected by the Roman Catholic Church College of Cardinals to be the pope. Choosing the name Leo XIV, Prevost is the first American to be
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, the College of Cardinals elected Robert Francis Prevost the 267th pope on Thursday (May 8). He is the first United States citizen to become the bishop of Rome. The Chicago-born Prevost, 69, has chosen to take the name Pope Leo XIV, signaling a kinship with
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By Glenn Dromgoole My mother was the kindest person I ever knew. Smart. Brave. Humble. But most of all, kind. Maybe we all grow up thinking our own mother is the closest thing to perfection we’ll know. At least I hope that’s how you feel. I did. And she was. It wasn’t easy being a preacher’s wife and a mother.
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By Danny Minton There’s an old tale from Scotland that tells of how a mother rescued her son from life-threatening danger. Workers were in a quarry preparing to blast the walls to enlarge the mining area. One day, they had set the explosives, connected the fuses, made their way to a safe location, and gave the alarm that they were
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By Jim Nichols Why do we get sick sometimes but not at other times? Why do some people get sick, but others do not? Is it because some of us eat a healthier diet? Is it because some of us are more consistent with getting regular exercise? Is it because “germs” (bacteria, viruses, fungi, or another microscopic entity) invade our
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury It’s got to be a borderline miracle when Eastland–a town with fewer than 5,000 people–can lay claim to not one, but TWO “facts” worthy of the Guinness Book of Records recognition. “Facts” has quotation marks for a reason. It’s not certain that a horned toad named Ol’ Rip actually hibernated for 31 years in the
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Spirit Of Abilene 