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Another week of early voting

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Super Tuesday, as usual, is a big deal for the national candidates. We will turn to that later. In Texas, it is also a big deal for the State and local races. Representative in all phases of government including our state legislature and the political future of Texas is up for grabs. Will Texas be Red or Blue in 2020?

Praying the truth ruffles Dems

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This week’s preposterous display by Democrats is just another example of why we’re still waiting for the party whose symbol is turning into a literal showing of the northern end of a southbound train.

Bless your heart

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Somewhere along the way on a 300-mile journey to Alabama, I lost my voice. By the time I prepared to travel home, my voice had not returned to me.

About Mt. Rushmore

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Can you name the first four faces to be carved on Mount Rushmore, from left to right? Since a national and state holiday was held on Monday, Feb. 17, in recognition of Presidents Day, more specifically the first, George Washington, perhaps we can reflect on the iconic sculpture, which is now 79 years old.

When you wrapped my lunch in a road map, I knew you meant Good-bye

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You can blame me for not growing up with a hankering for Country Western music, blue grass, polka, young country, Southern Gospel, ballads or folk… but I’m trying to make up for lost time.

Music that takes me back

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Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. Music has the power to enchant even the roughest of people. – William Congreve, from the play The Mourning Bride

The right to voting early

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Early voting begins on Tuesday and will run through February 28. This is our chance to vote if we are able or do not wish to stand in line as long on March 3.

It is a great thing that Texas does to allow all of us that wish to vote but can’t find the time on the one specific day - to conveniently schedule time on a day of our choosing to go to the voting place and cast our ballot. It is the one thing that enables more voters to make their voice heard, this time in choosing the candidates for offices for the November 3 national election.

Old people fighting

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Old-timers arguing has a certain level of entertainment value that attracts me like a moth to a flame. People with age on their side have a decided advantage over teensand-twenties, who are still young enough to believe they’re superior in the brains department.

Sweet dreams

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For holiday houseguests in my Alabama home-away-from-home, I was putting fresh sheets on three beds when one guest offered to help.

An extra set of hands and arms and legs really can make a difference when a fitted sheet is stubborn and unwilling…and aren’t all fitted sheets, stubborn and unwilling?

The two of us were chatting aimlessly about the trip, the weather, the cousins we would see.

As I looked carefully at the pillowcases I had selected for this bed, I saw a splotch in the coloring of one that I did not remember.

Voting advice, speed on hwy 34

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Most folks do not take kindly to being told who to vote for nor how fast to drive on open roads. We can make up our minds on our own without the harping. Let’s take a look at both subjects and offer a clear point of view from the newsroom at The Ennis News.

Endorsing candidates

It has not been the habit of this publication to endorse an individual person, whether they are campaigning for a local, county, state or national position.