It's never been easy for me to find a "church home." I came from a weird church background – or lack thereof. I grew up Catholic until the fifth grade, then stopped going to church altogether after my first communion. Junior year of high school, I started attending a non-denominational church semi-regularly. That relationship ended quickly – I got ... [Read More…]

Recently, a story surfaced about the now ex-assistant men’s basketball coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, Josip Maric, who was arrested for sex trafficking. The story’s headline stated he was an ex-ACU basketball coach, which is true, but misleading. Maric was an ACU coach almost a decade ago. Since 2010, he has worked at six different ... [Read More…]

There were 372 cases of measles in the U.S. last year, and in the first two months of 2019, there have been 127 cases. This is just over a third of the amount reported last year. Eight of those cases are in Texas, but measles was declared eradicated from the U.S. in 2000. Think about that for a second. Measles was no longer a problem in ... [Read More…]

Since Dec. 22, I have paid my rent, utilities, filled up my car twice, bought groceries for myself and two roommates, bought many textbooks and paid some leftover tuition that my loan didn’t cover.  OPINION: If I were in the shoes of a federal employee that had not received a paycheck since mid-December, I would not have been able to pay for any ... [Read More…]