Opinion

WITH STATE LAWMAKERS immersed in the COVID-19 pandemic response and Texas’ electricity failures, the public’s access to information must be at the forefront of the Legislature’s actions. Information allows citizens to watch over their government, to speak out and to ask questions.

PERHAPS I WAS NOT CLEAR enough on why I was shocked [Letter to the Editor (Williams) Feb. 11, 2021, and Letter to the Editor (Antillon) Feb. 18, 2021].

I WAS VERY UPSET when I watched the video of Tucker Carlson claiming that uniforms for pregnant soldiers and updated hairstyle requirements make a mockery of the U.S. military. Really? Extreme words from a man who never had the guts to actually volunteer in the military.

AFTER TEXAS PLUNGED into darkness and cold for much of an entire week, its grid operator told an apoplectic state legislature that “unlike California” and other regions in earlier years, Texas had avoided a full-on grid collapse by selectively interrupting service for large parts of the state.

GREG ABBOTT SOUNDS like a guy who’s had both of his COVID shots. Such confidence! The governor went to a Lubbock restaurant Tuesday to announce that he’s rescinding his coronavirus restrictions. No more mask requirements. No more capacity limits. None of it.

AS WE APPROACH the first anniversary of pandemic-induced lockdowns, hundreds of thousands of Texans are still grappling with job loss, eviction, or domestic violence stemming from the stay-at-home orders, among other issues.

IT’S OVER! I lived like a hobo for six days and survived. The ordeal of the catastrophic polar vortex is past, but memories of the suffering linger. I was dirty, cold, hungry, thirsty, and alone. The indignity of having to set up a latrine in my home is not something I will ever forget.

I WAS IN SHOCK at the “Shocked” letter that Mr. Williams wrote in response to Editor Brown’s Field Notes from Jan. 21, 2021. Ms. Laurie Ezzell Brown is anything but “naïve.”

FROZEN WIND TURBINES in Texas caused some conservative state politicians to declare Tuesday that the state was relying too much on renewable energy.

TEXAS’ RIVERS ARE iconic. But the groundwater that sustains them is invisible.