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Houston Matters Highlights Fascinating Book and Authors

Posted on · Over the course of the next week, Houston Matters will highlight our coverage of a number of important issues and developments that we've felt compelled to revisit a number of times over the course of the last year, like pensions, campus carry, the state of the oil and gas industry and efforts to mitigate traffic. […]

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Five Presidents: Former Secret Service Agent Recalls Those He Protected

Posted on · Clint Hill served five U.S. Presidents as a member of the U.S. Secret Service. He was assigned to protect First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and was with the presidential motorcade when Pres. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. He also served Texan Lyndon Johnson, as well as Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford. His latest book […]

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School Prayer and a Secret Service Memoir: Friday’s Show (August 19, 2016)

Posted on · Last year, the American Humanist Association sued the Birdville Independent School District, northeast of Fort Worth, over its practice of opening school board meetings with student-delivered prayers. In the year since, the two sides have tussled over motions to dismiss. Most recently, the school district has appealed to have the case against individual school board […]