CONWELL'S COMMENT
Looking at the legends around the Alamo
Kent Conwell
      Died-in-the-wool Texans will rise up in righteous indignation if anyone should suggest the story of the Alamo is not true. But, are there some parts of the story more fiction than fact?
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CAPITOL COMMENT
Progress in the war on terror
Kay Bailey Hutchison
      Last week, I traveled to Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to evaluate the War on Terror, discuss diplomatic strategies with foreign leaders, and visit our brave troops. Undeniably, we are making dramatic progress in all those countries.
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LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
Perspective on age in flux
Jamie Bollich
      When I was very young, occasionally my parents would take us out on a Friday evening to what we all called, in 1950s vernacular, a hamburger joint. There were invariably a lot of young people there, and my mother was quick to criticize their behavior.
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What if "House" were more like real life?
By MACK HALL
      House is a reasonably intelligent television show featuring the eponymous lead as a Byronic hero who is never sacked despite his drug abuse, ill manners, television watching, and video gaming, all on the job, because he develops brilliant solutions to apparently impossible medical problems.
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MYSTERIOUS WAYS
Texas farmer was poor-mouthing and barely hanging on
Pastor Doug Fincher
      "O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good…" Psalms 118:1 When a West Texas farmer was recently asked how his farm was doing, he answered like he has for the past 20 years: "We're just barely hanging on.
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