Drug trafficking not confined by borders
      As violence associated with narcotrafficking and Mexico's warring drug cartels escalates in Mexico, we must cooperatively work with our southern neighbor to prevent it from spilling over the border and into the U.S.
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Gas prices reflect market
      Letter to the Editor: Whatever the market will bear is a common saying in the business world. Just the fact that most people refuse to cut back on their use of gas is keeping the price per gallon going up, up and away. Common sense, people. Help yourselves.
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China's earthquake has chipped away 'wall' of control maintained over media
Part of Our World
Dan Rather
      A Chinese-American friend clicked through page upon page of Internet photographs and press reports from the May 12 earthquake in China. "I'm collecting them," he explained. "I think years from now, this will be remembered, like the Titanic disaster.
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Spiritual worldview hastens recovery from depression
A heritage and a hope
Peter Johnston
      This column concludes a four-part series devoted to two men who have profoundly influenced thought and life in the 20th and now the 21st centuries. Who are these two men? Again, we are looking at psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and British professor/author C.S.
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TxDOT visits county's historical sites
By JANET HOBIZAL
      Representatives for the Texas Department of Transportations Cultural Affairs Division and Engineering Consultants paid a visit to Wharton County several weeks ago. Members of the Glen Flora Spanish Camp Historical Society and the Historic Cemetery Preservation Association gave them a lesson in Wha...
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