Our View Flag-burning Trump tweet sparks constitutional debate
An editorial by David Bloom argues President-elect Trump’s call to punish flag burning clashes with the First and Fourteenth Amendments. It recalls Supreme Court precedents upholding free speech and warns against criminalizing expressions viewed as offensive. The piece defends protecting speech over flag protection.
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Texas A to F School Grading Plan Faces Scrutiny
The Dallas Morning News reports on Texas HB 2804 creating an A through F campus grade system, its schedule for 2018 launch, and critics among superintendents who fear unfair results and mixed signals from district self-grading and STAAR-based metrics. TEA aims for January mockups and clarity amid concerns over year-to-year growth, gaps, and postsecondary readiness.
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Support Trump and cabinet picks amid media critique
Readers express support for President elect Trump and his cabinet selections while criticizing media bias and Democratic influence. The letter references Khrushchev era tactics, border concerns, undocumented crossings, and urges patience to let the new administration act, ending with holiday well wishes.
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Trump settles in Russia in fiction, critics clash
The remarks debate whether Trump should settle in Russia and question Hillary Clinton's influence and the Clinton Foundation. The piece notes opposition claims about uranium deals and allegations of political meddling, while urging patience before assigning blame to the incoming president.
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Hunting trip eases grief with new friends in Hill Country
In a Hill Country plan, a Texas husband moves from grieving Willie to inviting Humberto and his son on a three day deer hunt. He will guide the boy to his first deer while Willie rides in spirit around the campfire stories they shared. Life goes on after loss.
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Deadlock in 1824 election shifts to House of Representatives
On this date in 1824 the presidential contest among John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson William H Crawford and Henry Clay went to the U S House after a deadlock. Adams ultimately emerged as winner. In 1862 Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message urging abolition of slavery and noting we cannot escape history and this Congress and Administration will face it.
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Today in History events span arms and civil rights milestones
The 1921 Navy flew the first helium dirigible C-7 from Hampton Roads to Washington. In 1942 gasoline rationing began nationwide. Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing to surrender her seat, igniting a bus boycott. In 1965 a Cuban refugee airlift started, and 1969 marked the first postwar U.S. draft lottery. Thought for Today by Alistair Cooke.
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