Charles M. Schulz created a comic strip that captured the hearts of millions in the nearly 50 years that Peanuts ran in thousands of newspapers around the world.

At the time I am writing this op-ed on Friday, December 20, there is still some uncertainty about our government closing, about the new relationship between President Elect Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk, and many uncertainties about who will manage the various agencies of our government.

2025 will be a year of many changes. At the national level, we will have a Republican president, a Republican congress, and a Republican senate.

Kris Kristofferson (88) was a Rhodes Scholar, a helicopter pilot in the Army, and a floor-sweeper at Columbia Records in Nashville before rising to superstar status.

The twentieth century saw the shrouds surrounding the mysteries of science and creation being pulled back to reveal a universe of incredible, awe-inspiring wonder and physicist John Wheeler was part of much of this Earth-shattering work.

Galveston, once the most important port city in Texas, suffered a crushing blow with the hurricane of 1900.

Our US educational format notes that some regarded the Civil War to be focused on ending slavery. Others believe it was a war between the states over "states' rights."

Dr. Alfred Gilman, a Dallas-based researcher, employed many students and scientists in his labs as he researched the innermost workings of cells in the body, work that led to the Nobel Prize.

In addition to securing the needed funding, a major problem is the lack of adequate ship building and maintenance facilities in the U.S. to service our submarine forces and our surface Navy.

In what has most certainly been one of the most unusual years in memory, the nation will mark Thanksgiving once again on this Fourth Thursday in November. It is part of a long tradition that has spanned many generations.

Mirabeau B. Lamar was a man of talent and imagination but also one with a complicated legacy. He was the third president of the Republic of Texas, just a few years after arriving in Texas from Georgia.

Today, November 10th, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 249th Birthday Anniversary. Happy Birthday to my fellow Marines!