Opinion

In the Texas House, it’s going to be a little tougher to say “Come, let us reason together”

6 years ago By Opinion

IF YOU’RE LOOKING at the Dennis Bonnen controversy through the lens of the U.S. Capitol, you can’t see the damage the speaker of the Texas House has done. You should

Field Notes: Citizenship 101 and the First Amendment

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of

The Visitor

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

THE VISITOR TO The Canadian Record didn’t identify himself, and didn’t linger. He just had one thing to say, and needed somebody to hear it. We first spotted him sitting

Letter to the Editor

6 years ago By Opinion

Rx for Medicare patients: Beware of scams I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE to be aware of a scam that I have seen where I am receiving faxed orders for genetic testing

Field Notes: Neither fear nor favor

6 years ago By Field Notes Laurie Ezzell Brown

MANY OF OUR READERS and friends have reached out—in emails, in letters, in phone calls, and in often emotional face-toface conversations—to express their appreciation and support for our reporting on

In the face of darkness and lies, we need the light of brave youth

6 years ago By Opinion

WHEN AN ARGUMENT has lost all moral footing, ignores all empirical fact and delights in willful ignorance, it usually only has one tack in the face of courage and truth—to

LETTER: Rockin’ the Block

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

Rockin’ the Block

THE BLOCK WAS ROCKED, and it took a village to make it happen! The Canadian Community Center would like to say thanks to everyone who came out to party with us Saturday.

LETTER: Honoring all of our veterans

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

Honoring all of our veterans

I SIT HERE and wonder why a new wall hasn’t been added to the Hemphill County Veterans Memorial. There are so many veterans from the county that haven’t been added. Many of those were people the town had given up on, but who chose to volunteer for service.

So few in this country volunteer, but that’s what our military is: Volunteers, people who stand for a reason. Residents of our community have stood tall in that aspect, from Vietnam to Iraq.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Stop playing proxy-for-profit in Middle East

6 years ago By Opinion

MARK TWAIN ONCE QUIPPED, “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” I don’t believe God created war—it is an evil and entirely human enterprise—but it does seem America

LETTER: Speaking up for Sheriff Lewis

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

I THINK NATHAN LEWIS has been a very good sheriff for Hemphill County! I was coming home late one night (down Highway 33) when two deputies had a vehicle stopped.

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