As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, there’s a sense of relief and optimism that things will return to normal. Long-awaited family gatherings, birthday parties and graduation ceremonies are finally happening in person. Sporting events have fans in the stands, airports are busy and we …

Some of you may remember the gas rig that was the closest platform off the beach back in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Before they took it down, in a wilder era, beach patrol made good use of that and the old lighthouse on the end of the south jetty.

Galveston residents have so much more because of people that don’t live here. Our access to health care through the University of Texas Medical Branch is way out of proportion to our resident population. We have more restaurants, more shopping, more activities, more arts, better beaches and …

I remember singing a Sunday school song with lyrics something like: “Red and yellow, Black and white, they are precious in his sight. Jesus loves all the little children of the world.”

In the past six weeks, I’ve learned many things that I never knew. And more importantly I didn’t know what it was I didn’t know. Things I should’ve been taught. Stories I should’ve heard.

I love music. It makes my life better.

"Dylan is deeply skeptical about human motives and actions, including his own," said Francis Beckwith, who teaches church-state studies at Baylor University. "He keeps returning to ancient truths, traditions and books that many ignore."

National Geographic ran a documentary story this week about sharks and played an interview I did with them a while back. Whenever Shark Week rolls around, people start seeing things in our water and reporting them.

Twice in the 1890s, a world-famous speaker came to Galveston giving lectures (and drawing huge crowds) at The Grand 1894 Opera House. He spoke in 1896 on agnosticism, then in 1898 on liberty.

I presume one of the things most of us did while hiding from the evil COVID was eat. I know I did and still do. Enjoying good food is one of the pleasures of life.

A man entered the water with his son and two daughters around 13th Street in the afternoon over the Fourth of July weekend. It was a beautiful day with small, clean waves and green water. The beach was crowded.

It’s only right that Mark Henry and the Galveston County Commissioners (does that sound like a country and western band?), having solved all the problems that earlier beset Galveston — poverty, disease, crime, traffic, COVID, truancy and excessive windstorm rates — should elsewhere apply the…

Those who enjoy reports from the game wardens will be happy to see I’ve finally received another set of interesting happenstances. Many happened quite a while ago, according to the news release, but may still be interesting.

Frederick Douglass declared: “What to the slaves is your Fourth of July?”

Thank you for your continuing support of the Ronald McDonald House of Galveston.

Democrat or Republican? If as a Galvestonian you’re a proud member of either of the two “major” parties, you should study U.S. history before you get too carried away attacking the other party’s preferences. The political ideals we celebrate every year in July haven’t always been, we all adm…

With bigger crowds and fewer lifeguards, it's even more important that beach-goers take safety precautions in and near the water.

Murder in America has increased to an alarming 42 percent. Road rage and assaults are commonplace. Why? The nightly news says it’s guns, it’s the pandemic, it’s unemployment, it’s, it’s, it’s.

Residents and business owners throughout Galveston County were shocked when they opened their latest property tax appraisals — some that had skyrocketed as much as 300 percent.