TYC is under another attack
Dave McNeely
      The Texas Youth Commission has been embroiled in a years-long scandal that has included sexual improprieties with detainees on the part of TYC staff. But that's just one of the problems the state's juvenile corrections system faces.
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God, science: incompatible?
Steve Martaindale
      Startling news from the Times Online out of London ... it seems that some people believe science and God can co-exist. You don't say. The story outs Francis Collins, director of the U.S.
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Hospitality folks: Try being a tourist
Mary Henkel Judson
      Last week I broke away for a long weekend with girlfriends, and we had some experiences that made me think that folks in the hospitality industry should experience travel from a tourist's perspective. We headed for Texas Antiques Weeks in Round Top /Carmine/Warrenton.
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Dealing with Rooster's memory
Cactus Pryor
      I went in to buy a pair of tennis shoes. The guy who waited on me welcomed me by name. I didn't think we had ever met. He asked me how my brother Wally was; I told him. Then he said, "Whaddayathink of Coach Bible?" I said, "Well, he's one of the best we've had.
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Letters to the Editor
      Park or preserve? Is Charlie's Pasture Nature Preserve a park or is it a nature preserve? Is it concrete and gravel sidewalks or natural trails? Is it air-conditioned halls or is it wild spaces where people can reconnect with nature?
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