Opinion

Let me begin by stating that I have nothing against immunization. As a cancer patient with a compromised immune system, in fact, I've received three vaccination shots for the CCP virus. I do, however, have serious reservations when it comes to the Biden Administration's tactics as it tries to force Americans to get those shots.

When my mother was a small child, she and my uncle were playing a game in which my uncle hurt himself. My grandfather took little Douglas to the doctor for a few stitches, promising his son that if he would just be brave and not cry, ice cream would be his reward. When the doctor finished, granddad took Douglas and Lila to the drugstore for ice cream. But when grandfather gave ice cream to little Lila, brave Douglas broke down sobbing, “Why does sister get ice cream? She didn’t get hurt!”

More than 600 new laws signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott went into effect Sept. 1. The new state laws — including one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, the right to carry handguns both concealed and openly without a license, changes to election law and a bill allowing restaurants to sell alcohol to go — were passed during the 87th Legislative Session.