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Chris Lykins
The big birthday without a party
I have been in a position where I have had to deliver quite a bit of uncomfortable news in my life.
May 03, 2009
Looking back at love
I remember what went through my mind the first time I saw her.
February 22, 2009
The decline of the hat
When alien civilizations land to try and figure out what happened here, they will come to one conclusion.
January 11, 2009
Laughter, hope in letters to Santa
One of the perks of being the newspaper in town is that we are officially the conduit for all letters to Santa Claus.
December 21, 2008
That’s his vice presidential pick? Really?
Friday at the Gazette Enterprise office is pretty quiet.
August 31, 2008
Me, my son, my father and the King
I was cleaning the kitchen one Sunday morning — what passes for me cleaning around here anyway.
June 15, 2008
GOP is not must-see TV
I settled down into the couch with my popcorn and soda and turned on the television to watch the New Hampshire primary returns roll in.
January 18, 2008
Go yell it on the mountain
Parenthood is, when you really think about it, an unending series of “firsts.”
December 16, 2007
Time with an angel
Every conversation I ever had with Mary Lee Roberts started and ended the same way.
December 02, 2007
The cycle must stop
Some recent poll numbers paint a troublesome picture for the Democrats if Hillary Clinton ends up as that party’s nominee for the White House.
November 30, 2007
Our dropout factories aren’t found in schools
A national study that branded 1,700 schools in this country as “dropout factories” got a lot of attention from the media this week.
November 02, 2007
It’s time for a common sense presidency
I can’t run for the presidency of the United States because I’m too young and too sane.
October 19, 2007
Some places are a utopia
In a perfect world, everyone would be judged on their skills, talents and abilities.
September 28, 2007
Shaken faith in mankind
Growing up, I was raised to believe that mankind was primarily good.
September 14, 2007
Made in the United States?
Is anything made in the United States anymore?
August 17, 2007
Never underestimate the power of water
When she told me the house had been flooded, I didn’t know what to think.
July 29, 2007
Chasing daddy and the dollar
It’s the stuff of nightmares.
July 20, 2007
The end of a child’s dream
As a parent, there is probably no day I’m dreading more than the moment where my son and I sit down and have “the talk.”
July 06, 2007
The iWait was almost as good as the iPhone
It was shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday when I pulled into the parking lot at the AT&T store in New Braunfels.
July 01, 2007
The Empire strikes back?
It’s like some kind of time warp.
June 08, 2007
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