Opinion

On Monday, we learned that after last year’s election, John Eastman, a well-connected lawyer advising former president Donald Trump, outlined a six-point plan to overturn the outcome of the election and install Trump as America’s leader. They planned to cut the voters’ actual choice, Democrat Joe Biden, out of power: as Trump advisor Steve Bannon put it, they planned to “kill the Biden presidency in the crib.” This appears to have been the plan that Trump and his loyalists tried to execute on January 6.

AS TEXAS LAWMAKERS meet this week for the third special session of the year, it’s easy to get drawn into the hot-button issues that amplify partisan and cultural divides. That’s the narrative we read about daily on the local, state and federal levels.

It is about time we recognized the true heroes of the Republican Party. They are not the dopey louts who rampaged through our nation’s capital and the moral cowards who still cover for them. They are not the ranting demagogues exploiting the emotions of the resentful.

LAST FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, was Constitution Day.

MERRICK GARLAND HAS an interesting job. He gets up, goes to the office, sues the state of Texas and then goes home.

I AM ANNOUNCING this week that I will not be seeking re-election to the office of Hemphill County judge. Hopefully, by making my decision at this early date, it will allow those that might be interested in seeking this office time to consider and decide if they are qualified and wish to file and run for election.

ON BEHALF OF our staff, boards, members, and patrons, the Canadian Community Center, Rachel’s Little House, and the River Valley Pioneer Museum would like to thank the Hemphill County Commissioners and Judge George Briant for providing us COVID relief funding available through the American Rescue Plan Act.

LEGENDARY NBC ANCHOR Tom Brokaw had just returned to work on Sept. 11, 2001, after taking the summer off.