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Originally posted on MyStatesman.com There is no stopping the growth in Manor, one of the more affordable suburbs of Austin. But the school district is now putting its final touches [...]

Originally published on Mystatesman.com After months of speculation, the White House has finally released its infrastructure plan. While its contents are not surprising, some of the ideas contained within the [...]

Breakfasts with champions.  Still catching up from that wintry trip last month to Davos, Switzerland. Had breakfast with many Texans there. Some were there as staffers to the visiting Trump administration; [...]

By Gwendolyn Knapp  Turtle power. When you think of the impact that this winter’s frigid cold snaps—that December snow and January icepocalypse—have had across the Lone Star State, do you think [...]

The sheer volume of content on the internet is shocking. You can virtually learn about virtually anything, buy and sell goods, read literature of all kinds, watch endless videos and [...]

Davos, Switzerland The Trump effect. Security, already tight in this valley squeezed between high mountain ranges, was much, much tighter on Friday. More automatic pistols on hips and more personal-carry machine guns [...]

Davos, Switzerland Enter America’s rock star.  Monday and Tuesday, following record levels of snow, helicopters could be heard and seen flying through the nearby mountains. They were “shooting avalanches” so that [...]

Davos, Switzerland Everyone knows his name. If your name is Tom or Thomas, it’s fun to walk along the promenade and storefronts alongside Tom Meredith, founder of Meritage Capital in Austin. [...]

Davos, Switzerland Swiss sneeze. My traveler’s sneeze in the bullet-fast rail car with the white Swiss cross is met by multiple Gesundheit! blessings. They are fit and formidable, these Swiss, [...]

The Power in Your Words Words have such power and influence. And the spoken word brings parity: One doesn’t need to be president of a country, or CEO of a corporation, [...]