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R.I.P., soldier
Another Rio Grande Valley serviceman has been killed in Iraq while doing his duty and fulfilling his mission. The latest son of the Valley to lose his life is Army Pfc. Alex Gonzalez of Mission. The 21-year-old Mission High School graduate, an Army explosives...
Valley justice
In the Valley, justice apparently is not only blind, but also deaf and dumb - or, dare we say, stupid. Once more, Valley residents have been stunned, but not totally surprised, to learn that a punishment meted out by a jury comes nowhere near fitting...
Monetary Castualties
Yet another disturbing report regarding the progress of our involvement in Iraq has been made public. This report, released Sunday by Stuart Bowen Jr., special inspector general for our reconstruction efforts in Iraq, has nothing to...
It takes a village
Many people across the Valley are abuzz over the tragic March 18 death of 2-year-old Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. in La Joya. Reports first suggested the toddler was accidentally crushed by his bedridden, morbidly obese aunt in whose care he had been left. However,...
Grow up, Candidates
Kino Flores. Sandra Rodriguez. Aaron Peña. Eddie Saenz. It’s scary to think that after March 4 — barring some sort of write-in campaign miracle — two of those people are actually going to be representing the voters of Hidalgo County in the state...
It's Bat Crazy
Millions of Americans are without access to vital health care and many who have it can’t afford to pay for their medications. The nation’s economy is in the toilet. We have an unpopular, terribly costly and most likely unwinable war — that...
The wall is well on its way
Somebody on Friday tossed in the towel on the great border fence battle. The only problem is that as yet we are not quite sure who surrendered. Was it Michael Chertoff and his Department of Homeland Security, which has been bullying everyone in sight...
Where's the Love?
With the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses out of the way, and the issue — at least in the Democratic Party — of who will emerge as the presidential nominees still undecided, Texas should become a crucial battleground. The question for us in the...
McAllen’s future sure looks bright — maybe
With hundreds of business, community and political leaders — and even a sprinkling of ordinary Joes — in attendance at McAllen’s glitzy new Convention Center at Ware Road and Expressway 83 last Thursday, Mayor Richard Cortez, speaking in his finest accountant’s...
Full steam ahead: Eagle Pass lawsuit one of many to come
The Department of Homeland Security, with the help of a West Texas U.S. District Court judge, has unleashed the border fence steamroller meant to crush any landowners along the Rio Grande who have the audacity to stand up for their property rights by...
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