“And what about our sins? Slavery was the original sin, and I won’t sand it down. The founders knew it. Jefferson knew it, and he owned slaves — the hypocrisy was staring right at them, and they kept kicking the can down the road. But here is what a poisoned telling of our history leaves out: the New England colonies began rejecting slavery before England itself did. And when the reckoning finally came, hundreds of thousands of men died on battlefields to make other men free. “As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,” read the original lyrics of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. That’s propitiation. One man suffers so others go free. A nation that will bleed that much to right its own wrong is not an evil nation. It is a great one, straining toward becoming a more perfect one. We had a black president. We had a black vice president. Our Secretary of State is the son of Cuban refugees. Anyone telling you the story that nothing here ever gets better is selling you something.”
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One of my wildest news cycles from back in the day. No cell phones. No texting. Just a hotel office and a room phone ringing nonstop. I can’t even begin to describe what those first 24 hours were like. Imagine what the social media timeline would look like if it happened today?!
Congratulations to Texas Athletics HOF member Chip Robertson on being inducted into the SEC Equipment Hall of Fame after many years of dedicated service. 🤘
For Texas, you did. 🤘
My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought—
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to His Cross, and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
Klein Cain brings home the STATE TITLE in boys soccer! 🏆
The Hurricanes battled their way to the top and are now UIL 6A Division I State Champions!
Let the reign begin!
#ReignCain#STATECHAMPS#KleinCain#UILSoccer
STATE SOCCER UPDATE⚽️🏆
🚨GAME OVER!🚨
In the season’s grand finale, Klein Cain makes history by claiming their first-ever UIL State Title in a tight one against Elsik🏆🎉
6A-D1 FINAL
@KCainBoysSoccer - 1
Alief Elsik - 0
MVP: Jr. FW Parker Glenn (Game sealing goal⚽️)
Final (OT): Klein Cain 1, Alief Elsik 0.
Parker Glenn's goal with 1:24 left in 1st 10 minute overtime was difference.
@KCainBoysSoccer (24-2-3) wins programs 1st State Boys Soccer Championship in teams 1st trip to state!
Hurricanes are your UIL 6A D1 Boys Soccer Champions!
Texas HC Vic Schaefer found out three student journalists drove 16 hours from Austin to Greenville for the SEC WBB Tournament.
The coach told them to add him as a reference on their resumes:
"When it comes time to get a job, you put me on your resume."