Compromise:Reform the Filibuster
I think our system of government is amazing when all the working parts are in order The House of Representatives is supposed to be the place where after extensive debate and mostly partisan rhetoric has been exhausted; a simple majority ...

Looming deadline for Top 5
The June/July edition of The Magazine of the Golden Crescent will hit homes and locations on May 30 and features the Golden Crescent's Top 5 Gardeners. Inside, readers can learn about things to do in the region and hear from ...

Join us for our editorial board session at 1:30 Wednesday
Hello, Advocate readers. It's time for another editorial board meeting. This week we will have Victoria College President Tom Butler as our special guest. We'll take some time to discuss the results of Saturday's election and what VC plans to ...

All In A Dream
Some nights (or days) are just like that. Ghosts from the past, houses that are long gone, neighborhoods that no longer exist. But I'm sure I was there. Could have sworn it. Doing remodeling in one of the bedrooms. Seeing my ...

Relationship Decisions
Dear Alice: About a year ago I started to like this one guy a lot. He’s really funny and I think he’s great, but we never went out or anything because he said he didn’t want to ruin our friendship. ...

District 30-4A All District team announced
Calhoun’s Tiffany Castillo and Victoria East’s Marina Rios and Lexie Elkins were among the awards winners on the All-District 30-4A team announced on Monday. Rios, a senior third baseman was named the defensive player of the year while Castillo and ...

Sometimes plans have to change
Sometimes goods things have to be delayed a little so you can enjoy even more good things. That is such the case with our Summer Fun Zone, which outlines some of the many summer camps and activities for students. We ...

Mother sues district, state for constitutional violation after son cut from high school varsity basketball team
For those of you who know me, you know I’m not really into sports. But this particular story caught my eye the other day. Yahoo News is reporting that an Arkansas mother has sued her son's high school for cutting ...

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive a success
As the postal servicemen and women trickled into the James Moody U.S. Post Office, so did the brown paper bags full of donated non-perishable food donations. The Food Bank of the Golden Crescent set up shop inside the mail room, ...

If Joseph Kony is captured in the Congo and no one posts about it on Facebook did it really happen?
Remember this guy? Yea well they caught him Saturday. The story reads, "Details of precisely how Acellam was captured were not available, but some analysts said it was possible he had just walked into the hands of Ugandan army officials." ...