Commentary

Berry’s Picks

Berry’s Picks

Ag: Berry’s Picks

OnionsWith the icy finger of winter finally hitting us this past week, it is hard to think about planting onions right now.

Rural Texans and the coming AI Land Rush

Out across rural Texas, new development rarely arrives with a parade.It shows up quietly at first. A transmission survey stake in a neighbor’s pasture. A landman knocking on doors. A closed-door meeting at city hall about “economic development opportunities.
Suits to a tea

Suits to a tea

Suits to a tea

The thing you discover about beverages when you travel beyond the Mason Dixon is that most folks outside of Southern civilization do not know how to properly make and consume beverages.Tea, coffee, soda pops, and beer, have all been violated. What follows is a primer to help correct these issues.
Brock Weems

Brock Weems

Where Are They Now? Brock Weems

Dublin graduate Brock Weems came across a job in the medical devices industry by chance. Through years of hard work and dedicated study, he’s turned that chance discovery into a successful, decades-long career.Weems graduated from Dublin High School in 2007.

Faith: Cutting Off The Bad

Bzzzzzzzzzzah – Bzzzzzzzah – Bzzzzzzah! The sound of a log being sawn in the sawmill.Our late father was all but bed-fast and spent most of his day sleeping and watching TV. He had spent the last two days watching one old western after another and had grown tired of them.

Faith: How Can You Tell if Someone Loves Jesus?

“If you love Jesus, you keep his commandments, and he will give you a helper,” says Vincent, 7, If you want to make people angry, tell them what to do. Give them some commandments. If you want to make people fighting angry, tell them there’s nothing they can do to earn an eternal home in heaven.
I’ll Take It

I’ll Take It

I’ll Take It

The South used to rely on the Thrifty Nickel as our garage sale newspaper, but like many things these days, the Nickel was replaced by the Internet. Specifically, Facebook Marketplace.
This is the advertisement for the 1925 Automatic Electric Washer we have in the Historical Museum. Courtesy photo

This is the advertisement for the 1925 Automatic Electric Washer we have in the Historical Museum. Courtesy photo

Museum Matters

Dublin didn’t get natural gas until 1926, so the 1925 washer we have in the museum probably wasn’t all that automatic in the beginning. Heating water was probably done outside over a fire.Wash women who had a job at home washing clothes for others were common at that time.
My, How We’ve Changed

My, How We’ve Changed

Faith: My, How We’ve Changed

Peter had just preached his first message. It was the Day of Pentecost, and after the disciples had been filled with the Spirit, they had spilled into the street preaching in unlearned languages to all the people there, Peter topped it off with his message about Christ.