Opinion

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.

OUR POLICY: Letters to the Editor

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

Letters to the editors of The Canadian Record are always welcome, and will be published if they are signed and cannot be considered libelous. We will not publish anonymous letters

Field Notes: Home Sweet Slum Revisited

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the text of my public comments to Canadian’s City Council Monday evening, calling their attention to the appalling condition of the Canadian Apartments, as shown in

These photos taken at Canadian Apartments a couple of weeks ago illustrate the continued decline of the complex, which has been empty for months, but hasn’t been safe or habitable for years.

Sheriff Nathan Lewis: ‘I will not seek re-election’

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

It has been a difficult time for our community these past few years. There have been many calls to move forward and begin the healing process of coming together that

Marriage Stew

6 years ago By News Staff

I TOLD MY HUSBAND, Peter, that our marriage was like stew—and that’s a good thing. This is a second marriage for both Peter and me. We were both married for

Field Notes: In an Age of Lies

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

I SPENT TEN HOURS on a beautiful Saturday a couple of weeks ago listening to and transcribing the meeting called by the attorney general’s office to report their investigative findings

LETTER: Rumor versus fact

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

I JUST FINISHED READING the paper and wanted to thank you so much for your diligence, your hard work, integrity, and honesty in trying to dispel so

LETTER: Record report is inaccurate

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

Record report is inaccurate

THE MEETING CONCERNING Thomas Brown on August 21, 2019 was to be a confidential meeting. This is what I was told about the meeting by Rachel Kading the lead AG investigator, “many issues will be discussed. This is not a public meeting and no media will be allowed. Penny was told she could bring you and another family friend. This is not to be repeated or spread around. If it becomes public knowledge it may be canceled.”

Since, the article I’ve gotten permission to discuss the meeting.

Newspapers: A keystone species

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, the gray wolves were eliminated from Yellowstone National Park—the result of the federal government’s early failure to provide for their protection from the human predators that

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