Opinion

A German pastor who survived a World War 11 concentration camp (Martin Niemoller) wrote, “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then the Nazis came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then the Nazis came for me—and by that time no one was left to speak up.”

Texans from Lubbock to Longview shivered under single-digit temperatures as their week began, with snow and ice creating dangerous road conditions throughout the state. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for all 254 Texas counties and urged residents to stay alert to changing weather conditions. The Texas Division of Emergency Management deployed resources from various state agencies to prepare roadways, assist motorists, remove downed trees and perform searchand-rescue operations if necessary.

I'm sure the Senate impeachment trial has had its exciting moments. There's been all this talk about Trump telling his people to fight (taken out of context). Democrats maximized emotion by presenting Trump's words in a video. It was an extremely well done hit piece since the Democrats contracted with a Hollywood movie company to put it together. Of course the whole thing collapsed later when the Republican defense team finished the quotes which had been chopped in the middle by the Hollywood producers. For good measure Trump's attorney David Schoen ran Trump's entire quote concerning the Charlottesville episode showing how Democrats had omitted Trump's condemnation of racists and how the President explained who the people were on both sides (defenders and opponents of the civil war statues) who were good people.