Columns & Opinions

Samsung is coming to Taylor: Last Sunday the New York Times reported that Samsung has decided to locate its new “chip” plant just outside Taylor. Samsung will invest $17 Billion; the single largest economic investment ever made in Texas to build a 5 million square foot facility that will employ an estimated 1,300 employees.

So, I’m a newspaper editor now. At first I was so nervous about taking this position but I have the backing of my parents, brother and sister-in-law. They told me I have just as much ink in my blood as anyone else in the family.

A common greeting among Vietnam War veterans is “welcome home.” Our use of this expression is rooted in the homecoming we never received upon returning from service during a war many Americans wanted to forget.