Roberta Sund

It was a pleasure to visit the Open House at Faith Refuge for homeless women on Hatton Road. There is nothing stingy about it, but everything is practical. Nothing is superfluous. There is a perfect balance.

On average, three women a day die as a result of domestic violence. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, domestic abuse is the leading cause of homelessness.

We just returned from a two-week visit to Charleston, South Carolina to visit our daughter and her family. Charleston is a glorious city, but so full of traffic.

The Supreme Court is taking a look at the Health Care Reform Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare. It was signed into law in March of 2010. Let's hope their decisions are apolitical.

That is the choice more and more of us have to make these days.

Gov. Rick Perry proclaims that he is going to reject the fed's money for the Women's Health Program because it would require supporting Planned Parenthood. "We'll come up with the money," he says. Translation: We'll figure out a way to ...

I was delighted to see that the Perkins/Prothro, Priddy and Bridwell Foundations, in response to grant requests written by WFISD music supervisor Dan White, donated a total of $453,000 to buy much needed new equipment and instruments for the music ...

I am troubled by the state of public education in Texas. The Fordham Institute, the well respected and conservative think tank dedicated to raising the country's educational standards, gave Texas a grade of C for its educational system. Do we ...

We were visiting the Texas coast recently and I was impressed with the bird watching facilities in the Port Aransas area.

It was suggested to me recently that I must be a communist because I expressed the view that our government should be as much concerned for the welfare of the poor as for the welfare of the wealthy.

I have always thought we should have some regulations that would prevent the buying and selling of politicians. You can imagine my dismay at the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case. It says that super PACs can raise ...

I see that the federal appeals court has ordered the immediate enforcement of a new Texas law requiring doctors to subject all women seeking abortions to an ultrasound, to show them an image of the fetus, and to play for ...

President Barack Obama has appointed former Ohio Attorney General Richard Corday as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

My new year's resolution is to learn how to use all the electronic devises now at my disposal. Does anyone remember back when if you bought something the seller took the time to explain how it worked and was eager ...

If we accept that the Jewish prophet Isaiah predicted the coming of the Christ Child when he said, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel," should we not also look forward to ...