Soon, the leaves will be changing color. Shorter days, cooler weather, and the joys of the holiday season are the time to slow down and enjoy family and friends—not to be doing last-minute winterizing. Start the process now by doing a little each weekend, breaking that daunting to-do list down into manageable parts. For example,…

The brutal cold snap that brought days of blackouts and water shortages has exposed the shortcomings of Texas’s electricity system, but one expert says that the fix is better winterization measures and improved management—not more federal integration and control of the Lone Star state’s independent power grid. Jason Isaac, a former state representative and current…