By Kenneth Lowder

Do Walmart and other retailers support the destruction of American values through their lack of willingness to stop shoplifting? How much is their lack of enforcement costing you and me? The answer appears to be YES and it's costing us BILLIONS. Last year Walmart reported that they had lost $3 billion due to theft of products. That's just at Walmart. Most retailers reported losses in the same range for their market share. Given the poor economy I would expect this year's losses to be much higher.

Team’s Annual Baseball Festival Held in Conjunction with the Astros and Blue Jays Exhibition Games at Minute Maid Park

HOUSTON – On Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April 3, the Houston Astros and the Astros in Action Foundation will kick off the 2010 season with FanFest. Proceeds from the two-day event benefit the Astros in Action Foundation.

Bryan Cooper, the Magnolia West High School trainer credited with saving the life of an athlete who collapsed on the field last week, was honored for his heroism at the March Magnolia ISD School Board Meeting. Stoically, Cooper gave most of the credit to the staff and administrators who managed the entire ordeal. "Without the cooperation and synchronicity of their teamwork, it wouldn't have mattered what I had done."

I'd love to spend my day in prayer and meditation, but who's going to get dinner on the table?

Harris County Census Representatives and Houston Texans Cheerleaders will be on Board to Educate Residents About the Importance of a Complete Count

Celebrated as one of the largest community events in Harris County, the parade takes place just days before Census questionnaires begin arriving in area mailboxes. Harris County will help to educate more than 75,000 expected parade spectators about the importance of completing and mailing in their Census forms to secure critical funding and political representation for their communities.