Ready or not, the season of shopping is here. Thanksgiving is behind us, and the march toward Christmas has official begun.

A recent letter trumpeted a column written by Farah Stockman in The New York Times that the Monthly Review responded to by saying, “The problem is that it’s nonsense. Worse, it’s a pack of lies. Any self-respecting journalist who repeats it should be ashamed.”

After reading a recent column (Coffee shop talk with for Nazis, Page 6B, Nov. 18) I felt compelled to respond to his diatribe regarding Parler. The writer has revealed blatant, progressive, leftist bias. Progressives are anything but liberal. Rather, they are often intolerant of views that d…

Recently, the Texas State Board of Education revised sex ed curriculum to include methods of preventing sexually transmitted infections. While this is a step in the right direction, the revision excludes information about consent, gender identity and expression, or sexual orientation.

This has been the strangest, wildest and downright nastiest year that we can remember, but just as our forefathers did in arduous times we will give thanks, whether gathered or alone.

The Sunday, July 26, 2020, Daily Sentinel devoted 2/3 of its Opinion page to ten influential people who advised us to wear face coverings, masks, to prevent spread of COVID-19. How tragic it is that the advice local, statewide and nationwide, was not followed.

While COVID-19 deniers are enabling COVID to spread, medical workers are risking their lives caring for very sick patients. A local emergency physician recently told me that they’re literally swimming in COVID-19 cases.

This year has been unlike any other I’ve experienced in my 33 years of life.

This last election is like WWI. The enemy has attacked, declared victory and then held off with trench warfare. It’s a standoff. The decent, honest citizens have decided to fight rather than just roll over, as they should. They have everything to lose, and nothing to gain from the New Democr…