I’ve been to several weddings in the last five years, and I know it’s customary (it’s kind of expected), to bring a gift for the brand new family. We also gave to a GoFundMe person whose son needed some surgery. Then there are the high school graduations. Now a trend has developed over the last deca...

Open season on shooting cats? Ray Wolbrecht, you wrote, “I Could Be Wrong.” You are dead wrong. Mr. Wolbrecht, your parents allowed you to slaughter cats as a child and inflict torture, butcher, maim them with your BB gun … that is quite a public confession. It should be investigated what cruelty li...

This is part of a point-counterpoint column. See "Tutta's Take" here. he movie using the above title was a comedy about making much ado about nothing –   much like what we are seeing today. What’s happening with the Trump family, Donald’s son, Uraniumgate, the hacking of DNC files, the ex-FBI specia...

In August there was an article in the Hays Free Press in which the Code Enforcement Division of Kyle asked that with the recent rains overgrowth of vegetation was going to be a problem and that landowners had a responsibility to keep their sidewalks, property and ditches properly mowed and kept clea...

s it a rumor or is it the truth that we are back in much the same situation with the investment banks that we were in before 2008? When the banks began to fail the Feds let Lehman Brothers go under, but did a massive bailout on the rest of the big banks and their insurance company (AIG). The country...

As the descendant of immigrants and friend of numerous refugees, I would like to take issue with Dr. Ray Wolbrecht’s column on immigration. He states that “some” immigrants learn English, find work and abide by our laws, but others come to “gain wealth in illegal ways.” He adds there are “no statist...

This column is part of a "Point-Counterpoint" pair. Read Tutta's Take on the issue here. hat’s the deal on flies – houseflies that is, Musca domestica? Why can’t they leave us alone? If they’d just wait until a door opens and fly out, but no. They land on us, bite, interrupt deep thoughts and cause ...

n the movie “Forrest Gump”, the main character Forrest is sitting on the bus stop bench with the elderly lady in a pink coat. The guy who had just scoffed at Forrest for saying he was co-owner of Bubba Gump Shrimp had just left. The man laughed and said as he left, “We’ve been sitting next to a mill...

ortunately my column is titled “I Could Be Wrong,” and I fall back on the latitude my title affords me.   About a month ago “Tutta’s Take” by Wynette Barton taught me a lesson about overstating facts. Since she still counts me as a friend I can appreciate the gentleness of her evisceration. I said e...

To the graduates: Oh man, are you in for a treat. Realizing once I got into college how much I hated high school, I found the freedom of college to be what I was longing for. From the time I entered college to the time I graduated, it was the best time of my life so far. I’d like to pass onto you so...