Waco Trib Columns http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns RSS Feed for Columns en-us Fri, 25 May 2012 05:00:21 GMT Parents, students must think hard on future http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/153908485.html Josiah Neeley, guest columnist: EPA meets its match in court http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/152237205.html The agency has aggressively advanced an environmentalist agenda on a whole host of issues ranging from global warming to ozone. Bernard L. Weinstein, guest columnist: Natural gas remains safe http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/151649765.html The broader issue is whether public policies and regulations are encouraging or inhibiting greater use of America's abundant domestic energy resources, especially natural gas. Rita Haecker, guest columnist: Voting on public education begins with May 29 primary elections http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/151324385.html Now it is time for people who truly value public education to be heard. When you vote this year, vote for those willing to do the right thing. Dan Lancaster, guest columnist: Come visit our 'secret life' at Homestead Heritage http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/151277825.html For those with doubts, we invite the public to please come visit us, ask questions, meet our children and see for yourselves, rather than interpret us through the lens of sensationalist media. Manny Sustaita, guest columnist: Our wars linger long in the heart http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/151223105.html If you want to show your support for our troops in wars past and present, you have plenty of opportunities. And we've now given you plenty of advance notice. Julian Vasquez, guest columnist: Remembering 59 years ago when the Waco tornado hit http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/151067225.html The traumatic effects that many of us have lived with for 59 years cannot be measured.  Steve Hernandez: A generation later, we find Vietnam woes taught us nothing http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/150264295.html John Cornyn, guest columnist: Partisan bickering delays justice for women http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/148621265.html Brandon Warford, guest columnist: Local animal shelter's fate uncertain http://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/148356345.html We can't do just the bare minimum for abandoned pets in Central Texas.