Bad news, folks! The magnetic north pole is galloping to the northeastward at close to 40 miles a year. Historically, it’s been creeping along at less than 10 miles an year for the past few centuries. Magnetic north, which is the place where compass needles actually point, is near the geographic North Pole, which is [...]

The people (at least some of them) of Donley County have spoken. Local democracy still works, and that’s a good thing, a really good thing. Now it’s time for the newly elected and reelected officials to go to work. We’ve got a lot of important challenges and opportunities to address. However, as they get started [...]

Saturday is Election Day, a fact you’ll be reminded of several times if you read this week’s edition of the Enterprise. From our page one election coverage to our featured columnist Fred Gray to a reader’s letter to the ads from several local politicians, it is hard to miss the fact that local voters have [...]

As we go to press today, the last day of early voting is coming to a close. If you haven’t voted, please plan on taking a few minutes to go vote Saturday, May 11. This may be one of the most important elections we’ve had in many years. Three specific elections concern me: the Clarendon [...]

One of the duties of a newspaper is to serve as a watchdog and a check on the government, and for this newspaper, it has been a busy month in terms of standing up for open records and open meetings. Last week’s column was given over to the explanation of the Texas Open Meetings Act [...]

Donley County is blessed with many hard working, creative, talented, and intelligent people. Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, that vast reservoir of talent and intelligence is not adequately represented on two of our most important boards, namely the Clarendon Board of Aldermen and the Hedley ISD Board of Trustees. Currently, with one or two [...]

Government works best for the people when its actions and deliberations are carried out openly in the full view of the public. Last week’s meeting of the Clarendon Board of Aldermen, however, did not live up to that standard. The Texas Open Meetings Act governs every meeting of every local government board in this state, [...]

Unofficially, Clarendon and Donley County may have more crosses and proverb signs, per capita, than any other town and county in the land. Who knows, we may have more than anyone in history, excepting the Romans – when they were feeling aggrieved or wanted to remind the locals to follow the straight and narrow of [...]

“May you live in interesting times” is how the old Chinese curse goes, and nothing better describes last week’s meeting of the Hedley School Board of Trustees than “interesting.” Word had earlier in the day reached the Enterprise that Athletic Director Darrell Wallace had been “non-renewed” during the previous board meeting, but that in and [...]

In light of the unruly factions seeking control of, or at the very least, a meaningful voice into today’s political climate, a review of the thoughts of James Madison, long considered to be the primary author of the United States Constitution, may be useful. Back in the days when our forefathers were debating the proper [...]