‘Say it ain’t so’? GOP leaders say, ‘So?’

Columns, Opinions

John.Young on January 22, 2020

They cheated. They got caught. They’re gone.

If only our nation were governed like Major League Baseball.

If it were, Donald Trump would take the same exit as Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch and Boston Red Sox manager Joey Cora, confirmed cheaters and rule-breakers. They’re out, in baseball’s biggest scandal since the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series.

That bygone episode, the Black Sox scandal, immortalized the plaintive call to White Sox star Joe Jackson – &l...

Columns, Opinions

Silent squires of suffering without Roe

By John Young This is not about Alito, or Kavanaugh, or Gorsuch, or the Federalist Society, our now de facto judicial branch. This is about Olivia. Sh...

May 11, 2022

Columns, Opinions

Culture war’s ghost hunters

Young-At-Largeby John Young If this is “woke,” bring it. Add my voice to those calling on the NCAA to stick it to states that marginalize ...

May 12, 2021

Columns, Opinions

Where is your apology to the American people, Newsmax?

I’m waiting for my apology from Newsmax. Last week it apologized to Eric Coomer, director of security for Dominion Voting Systems, for spreading...

May 5, 2021

Columns, Opinions

Voter suppression: The GOP national pastime

Young-At-Largeby John Young Wanted: a new location for the Major League All-Star Game. Qualifications: (1) must love baseball; (2) must show fidelity ...

April 7, 2021

Columns, Opinions

On vaccines, predictably, two lines form

Sign me up; pump me up – that sweet, biotech nectar. Anyone uneasy with it, step aside. As my wife has remarked, oh, 10,000 times over the last ...

December 16, 2020

Columns, Opinions

Flag more affirming than it used to be

This is not fake news. Donald Trump does not run the country. You say he never did. You say the Constitution does. Ah, but he was prepared to show you...

November 11, 2020

Buda, Community, Dripping Springs, ...

Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024

The 2024 General Election is Nov. 5. Barton Publications reached out to local candidates to answer questions about their races. Not all returned the questionnaire.

By Staff Report

October 16, 2024

CANDIDATES FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF Anthony Hipolito (R) What is the number one crime-related issue that needs an immediate plan of action from the nex...

Breaking News, Hays County, News

November 2024 Election Coverage

By Staff Report

November 5, 2024

These are the unofficial Nov. 5 election results as of 11:13 p.m, with all 58 polling locations reporting. Results will remain unofficial until canvas...

Breaking News, Hays County, Main, ...

Judge Neidhardt accused of using public resources for campaigning

By Staff Report

October 28, 2024

Note: This story has been updated as of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29 to include Tanner Neidhardt's statement. Note: This story has been updated as of 2 ...

Hays County, News, San Marcos

Pedophile sentenced to life without parole

By Staff Report

October 4, 2024

SAN MARCOS — Christopher Lee Head, 36, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, by visiting Judge Glenn Devlin on Oct. 4. A...

Breaking News, Hays County, Main, ...

Residents file lawsuit against Hays County for Proposition A on ballot

By Brittany Kelley

October 31, 2024

SAN MARCOS — Four Hays County property owners have filed a lawsuit against the Hays County Commissioners Court regarding the almost $440 million road ...

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