By PAUL FABRIZIO As the U.S. Senate examines and then debates the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, there is much discussion of how he may vote on various issues if he were to be on the Court. Admittedly, no one knows the future. However, Brett Kavanaugh’s writings, rulings, and speeches have provided a pretty good
Read moreReligious signs were popular at the June 30 rally for families held in downtown Abilene. In the video, Chesna Riley, co-pastor of Brook Hollow Christian Church, denounces the Trump administration immigration policies. By LORETTA FULTON The voices were loud and clear at a June 30 rally for families in Everman Park in downtown Abilene. The rally, one of hundreds
Read moreBy Dr. PAUL FABRIZIO The retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy and the appointment of his replacement by President Donald Trump will be the biggest battle for a Supreme Court nominee since Clarence Thomas’ nomination in 1991. The stakes are the highest they can be with the balance of power on the Court potentially shifting to a solid
Read moreBy Dr. DAN STIVER In April, the administration instituted a new policy of dealing with immigrants at the border, which has involved heart-wrenching scenes of forcibly taking children and babies from their parents. This policy was a dramatic change from two previous presidents of both parties, Bush and Obama, over 16 years, including this administration’s own policy for the first
Read more(Editor’s Note: Abilenian Nancy Rangel, a retired elementary school teacher and mother of two, handwrote the following letter and mailed it to all 100 senators. She added her voice to those of others who protested the inhumane separation of mothers and children at the border.) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, This is the United States of America, a nation of
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