Forbes “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” ~William Faulkner At Thanksgiving many of us reflect on what we [...]
Indian Country Many people, including many indigenous people, think indigenous worldviews are an archaic part of the past and have no bearing on present-day life and issues. However, indigenous [...]
Statesman Michael Cargill teaches a concealed handguns safety class at his Austin firearms store while the online version of the business initiates FBI background checks on out-of-state buyers [...]
NT Times A riddle for the ages may be a small step closer to a solution: Who made the famed Antikythera Mechanism, the astronomical calculator that was raised from an ancient shipwreck near Crete [...]
Salon Central Houston, once a bastion for the creative class, has been converted into an exclusive playland for the rich A startling change for the worse has occurred in the physical appearance [...]
(Reuters) – The United States is preparing to increase the number of troops it keeps in Afghanistan in 2015 to fill a gap left in the NATO mission by other contributing nations, according [...]
Guardian Time, Vice News, Storyful and BBC Trending talk Twitter, BuzzFeed, hoaxes and whether breaking news is ‘bullshit’ The growth of social media has changed the way news organisations cover [...]
Truthout For the past several years, the Houston Police Department (HPD) has been quietly using contentious surveillance equipment that can amass records from cellphone calls and text messages [...]
HOUSTON (KTRK) –The Houston Office of Inspector General, the city’s watchdog to find Houston employees wasting taxpayer dollars and breaking rules, refuses to release any information [...]
The Intercept Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution establishes an absolute free-speech right for members of Congress on the floor or in committee, even if they are disclosing classified [...]