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People have been going on diets long before Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers or Oprah Winfrey. The first diet was probably William the Conquerer’s all-alcohol diet. Once morbidly obese, William lost so much weight he was able to start riding his muchloved horse again. Then he promptly died in a horse riding accident. Proving that everything old is new again, in the 1960’s a couple of authors revisited the alcohol diet and wrote two books called “The Drinking Man’s Diet” and “Martinis and Whipped Cream”. My old man was on the same alcohol diet the entire time I knew him and he eventually lost 200 pounds of ugly fat all in one day!
Read more[Ed. Note: Rachel Greszler is research fellow in economics, budget, and entitlements in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, of the Institute for Economic Freedom, at The Heritage Foundation.]
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The Christmas break is here for local basketball teams.
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Okarche’s Kinsey Neiderer picked up a big honor last week from the Great American Conference.
Read moreIf you want one exemplar of the moral and intellectual chaos that characterizes the age in which we live, there are a number of candidates:
Read moreThroughout the first decade of the 21st century, conservatives in state capitals and in Congress supported a balanced approach of increasing health insurance coverage while granting states flexibility to design sustainable Medicaid programs for low-income residents that include personal responsibility.
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Hennessey Elementary School Eagles of the Week for the week ending Dec. 17 include pre-kindergarten students Sofia Ramirez, Lauren Cox, Alejandra Gutierrez and Harper Miller; kindergarten students Gavin Garner, Trenton Stribel and Aiden Annis; first graders Kevin Reyes, Nicholas Corral, Osvaldo Castanon and Aaron Henderson; second graders Katelynn Briix, Eduardo Palacios, Xander Hernandez and Ryan Miller; third graders Tony Valles, Osiel Roman, Cash Hladik and Natalie Andrews; and fourth graders Emily Bryson, Jamie Dominguez, Easton Smith and Kayden Hyatt. [Photo provided]
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Gimour Elementary Principal Shane Hood has announced the school’s Great Expectations Award winners for December 2021. Earning the honor were, from left: front row, Maya Bridle, Keith Rother, Olivia Valencia and Owen Matthews; and back row, Brett Reece, Lucy Chlouber, Khloie Williams, Scarlett Mercado and Isaac Martin. Penelope Richards is not pictured. [Photo provided]
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