Re: “PGA Tour moves to merge with LIV — About-face with venture backed by Saudis leaves players bewildered, furious,” Wednesday news story.Inflated prices in the secondary ticket sale markets being our only access to concerts, shows and sporting events. Exorbitant, indefensible prices for parking, food and beverages, gear, etc. at these events. College football players crab-walking through the portal and cashing in with Name Image Likeness .
Kudos to the editorial board for highlighting the absurdity of the state Republican infighting on property tax solutions. Education funding has been completely ignored in the discussion despite a historic $33 billion surplus that, if wisely spent, could place our state on a trajectory of excellence in education and include reasonable tax cuts.
The American fetish for escapism dominates our culture. It is the ghost that lies behind our every leisurely endeavor — Netflix, social media, television, drinking — anything that distracts from our most definite brittle human existence. Depression, anxiety, loneliness, laziness — we’ll take on anything just to escape these feelings.
Your augmented reality? Converse with your parents, smile at your spouse, laugh with your kid, invite over your neighbor. Life will be more “augmented” than it’s ever been.I turned 18 on May 14 and was disappointed that I wouldn’t be able to vote in the May 6 municipal elections by only about a week.
Twenty-three states allow registering and voting on the same day, but Texas doesn’t. Why? Do the people in charge not want young people like me to vote for the first time because they are terrified of us? Thank you so much, Texas, for silencing me.Re: “Duo unveils bipartisan ‘Dignity Act’ — Among other things, bill would provide pathway to citizenship,” May 24 news story.