I’ve shared a lot about my hobbies here, but I feel like I can never run out of hobbies to talk about. My latest hyperfixation is cosplay. Merriam-Web...

Why Do We Fight? Children fight. Adults fight. Neighbors fight. Countries fight. Why? For power over others? For things …. Land? To be “on top”? Child...

The Texas Lottery Commission and its former director are under scrutiny after they allegedly helped a single entity win a $95 million Lotto Texas Jack...

If you’re like me, maybe you've never had a close relationship with your extended family growing up. Sure, maybe you saw them every now and then, but ...

On Feb. 17, 1848, Thomas Jefferson Rusk stepped out of Sam Houston’s giant shadow long enough to give his maiden speech in the United States Senate, a...

It’s a Friday night after a long, exhausting week of work. I cozy up on the couch and turn to one of my guilty pleasures. As I scroll through my menta...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include...

After almost a century of standing watch on the border, Fort Clark was deactivated on Feb. 9, 1946 and turned into, of all things, a dude ranch.  Hell...

On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa wh...

Our cat Mojo went missing on the 28th of December. He had lived in our neighborhood from birth, so we didn’t panic, though it was unlike him to be gon...