Category archives for: Donn Brooks

Current juvenile justice doesn’t work

Current juvenile justice doesn’t work

Juvenile justice in Texas is in rotten condition. Texas has finally awakened and reopened the Mart confinement facility that has bars and protects inmates from violence from one another.

Ike was right when he stood tall

Ike was right when he stood tall

Historical Tidbits By DONN BROOKS Ike stands tall. No, I am not referring to Dwight David Eisenhower’s command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied European Forces during World War II. I am not commenting on his integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, nor his building of the interstate highway system. He stands tall [...]

Regulations can pay for themselves

Regulations can pay for themselves

For too long I have heard the mantra of how cities tend to over-regulate their development.

Long, lanky lawman leaves his legacy

Long, lanky lawman leaves his legacy

We buried a good one recently. He will be tough to replace.

Lawyers, not kids, could be base of school problems

Lawyers, not kids, could be base of school problems

Newspaper articles suggest that Hays CISD is little more than a hotbed of criminals.

Honoring our heroes

Honoring our heroes

And so, we take a holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The educational balancing act

The educational balancing act

What should we make of the decision to imbed charter schools into Austin Independent School District?

When careerism trumps decency

When careerism trumps decency

“Say it ain’t so, Joe.” That’s what America is saying to Joe Paterno.

Three men who served Kyle well

Three men who served Kyle well

Forty years ago there were three men who kept Kyle afloat.

25 years of injustice?

25 years of injustice?

The power to lock up citizens is a necessary one, but when a jurisdiction gets a conviction wrong society is diminished.

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