Actually, Facts Really Do Matter

I recently received an anonymous email from a reader of my Capital Highlights column, which I have been writing for about five years for the Texas Press Association. It runs weekly in about 100 Texas newspapers. I am the latest in a half-dozen or so writers of this column, which possibly began in the 1940s. No one is quite sure. The premise of Capital Highlights is simple. I comb the state’s major news outlets, state government agency news releases, and other legitimate sources for items of interest to readers. It is primarily published in smaller newspapers that do not subscribe to a wire service,...

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