They are a lovable couple--Dr. Chris Liebrum and his wife, Cindy--known for quickly-triggered smiles, positive attitudes, deep faith and commitment to close-knit families. Married for 52 years, …

Postmaster's Report - Recommended Holiday Shipping and Mailing Dates As the Postmaster for the City of Aledo, I want to assure you that the U.S. Postal Service is primed and ready to deliver …

Errors committed when speaking sometimes, sadly, result in word entanglements that are simply beyond repair. None of us is immune. And, getting out of verbal messes can be as difficult as …

Here comes another “Mother Hubbard” column.   That’s how preachers sometimes describe their sermons--comparable to “Mother Hubbard” dresses.   They …

Now that the election is over, my ancient Uncle Mort and his domino-playing buddies down in the thicket can resume their usual mostly-minutia confabs that too often lack authenticity. This …

Carl Sandburg--his poetry collections winning three Pulitzer Prizes--warmed the hearts of Americans with his beautiful description of how tides roll in, “on little cat feet.” He …

The deeper dive one takes into life’s hourglass of time, the more likely it is to ponder nuggets of health news that might affect longevity. One jumped out at me the other day when a …

Bob Hope, beloved humanitarian, comedian and patriot, may have been America’s best ambassador of international goodwill--ever. He was able to “localize” his jokes and stories no …

Names of luminaries met at intersections along our pathway keep popping up as corner posts in life's fence row.   They are not remembered as being Republican or Democrat, rural or urban, …

If we weren’t totally “away from it all,” we were on the outskirts, kind of like the characters in the delightful 1953 Broadway musical “Brigadoon.” Only the long …

Logic dictates that the Aledo Bearcats football team will lose another district game at some time. Whether it will be in our lifetime is the question. The Bearcats ran their national-record …

Public school teachers in Texas overwhelmingly consist of dedicated educational professionals who have committed their lives to teaching and nurturing our most precious resource, our children. …

The arrival of the football-playing Coleman triplets at the University of Texas in Austin for 2025’s fall semester may break several records before they even meet BEVO, the Longhorns’ …

“A Day Without a Mexican” is a movie released in 2004. It was cowritten by Yarieli Arizmendi and Sergio Guerrero, and directed by Segio Arau. It is a satirical, surrealistic look at what …

I have probably made this claim previously, but most friends know that my respect for redundancy has never been more than trivial. So, here I go again, certain that there finally are but two groups …

Stephen Cox is not an imposing figure. Still, he has the countenance and features to be a Clark Kent look-alike, even if considerably smaller in stature. You remember Clark, right? He’s …

To those used to winning, losing, for lack of a better phrase, sucks. And in a place like Aledo, where it occurs about as rarely as the Dallas Cowboys reach the Super Bowl, the impact is even …

Uncle Mort had never heard of “support parrots,” but admits that he shouldn’t have been surprised. “Seems like way too many of my friends are either sued or getting sued, …

Another Olympics has come and gone. More history was made. More drama. More obsession with medal counts. I do watch the medal counts, but I am not sure what they really mean. The United States had …

Take a trip back in time to the old west and experience Native American culture, cattle drive cooking, Colt-toting town sheriffs, and early life on the prairie. Maybe experience cabin life or learn …

It was the slowest of hot, muggy days in the thicket. Mercury in the thermometer bulged and lodged in three-digit territory. Someone said he saw a dog chasing a rabbit, and both creatures were …

Concerned parents across Texas and across our nation have taken great interest in the threats social media platforms pose to our children's developing minds. We have watched billionaire social media …

Nothing comes between a man and his golf game. My best friend and longtime golfing buddy Mark and I have played in pretty much any condition imaginable - and we both have vivid imaginations. The …

Critics swear that the French successfully smeared “lipstick on a pig” for a big chunk of the 2024 Olympic Games. The French, though, are used to sloughing off jokes and insults. …

I’m not sure who the TV weather guy was, which city he served or exactly what he said, but if his observation passed down through the ages is even close to accurate, it still has wide …