TEXAS VIEW: Many entities expected major windfall from budget surplus
A year ago public entities across the Rio Grande Valley and throughout Texas were excited about a record $32.7 billion budget surplus sitting in...
STOSSEL: ‘Make government work’
By John Stossel
President Joe Biden says, “I know how to make government work!”
You’d think he’d know. He’s worked in government for 51 years.
But the...
ESTRICH: What’s a university to do?
The helicopters were whirring in the sky over the UCLA campus as violent clashes broke out on the ground between pro- and anti-Palestinian demonstrators...
SULLUM: Journalism is not a crime, even when it offends the government
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal was only briefly detained at the Webb...
TEXAS VIEW: Abused Texas foster kids need a lifeline. Where’s Abbott?
U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack recently brought harrowing details to light in a 427-page contempt order that would shake anyone’s faith in humanity....
TEXAS VIEW: Abbott deploys an authoritarian response to peaceful protest at UT
Humanity is moved by inhumanity. Pain and injustices inflicted on us or others, with cruelty and without cause, will move people to speak out...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Odessa a shining example to others
Open Letter to the City of Odessa, Texas:
As the commander of VFW Post 1657 of Pampa, it is my honor and pleasure to address...
GUEST VIEW: Made in His image
By Manuel Ybarra Jr.
And God Said, “Let us make Man in our image.” It should be assumed that God, The Creator, was talking to...
GUEST VIEW: Risk of nuclear war may be growing
By Lee H. Hamilton
We have lived with the existential threat of nuclear weapons for almost 80 years. To say we have become complacent would...
HART: Dithering dolt Biden tells a whopper about cannibals
Biden lied again. The legacy corporate media covers for him, so you might not have heard about it. Biden told a doozie this time...