Michael A. Smith

Galveston for years has searched without much success for ways to solve a parking problem as enduring as the seawall.

Spend five minutes scrolling social media or watching cable news and you'll hear someone invoke freedom — usually convinced he's defending it.

As summer gives way to a new school year, yellow buses will once again travel neighborhood streets. Crossing guards will take their posts. Parents will join morning drop-off lines.

One confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Galveston County should be enough to get everyone's attention.

Anyone who has ridden the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry has seen the lighthouse at the entrance to Galveston Bay.

We like to talk about and celebrate freedom, liberty and justice, and we certainly should.

High on the list of things the government shouldn’t have to expend public time and effort announcing is: “Don’t hand-feed the wild raccoons.”

No matter what a person might think about Latitude Margaritaville — and reasonable people can disagree about whether Texas City should welcome a 55-and-older community of 3,500 homes — the

If Galveston holds true to its long-held customs, people will be arguing about two questions into the foreseeable future and probably for years to come.

We’ve said it before in this series celebrating the 250th anniversary of our nation, but it’s worth saying again — the United States wasn’t created solely by the familiar pantheon