COMMENTARY: Haspel’s CIA torture defenders have no case
BY DROR LADINOn Wednesday, confirmation hearings were held for Gina Haspel, Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA — an agency that continues to...
COMMENTARY: Texas needs NAFTA
BY EDWARD HAMBERGER“The world will not do something stupid,” famed investor Warren Buffett recently said when arguing that a trade war between the United...
COMMENTARY: Veterans Choice Program is helping RGV veterans
BY David J. McIntyre Jr. | Guest ColumnistFor too many years, veterans in the Rio Grande Valley, who have served our nation with honor,...
COMMENTARY: Calling out Rep. Cuellar for not helping Dreamers
BY ALLYSON DUARTEU.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, is enabling President Donald Trump’s agenda to build the border wall. Worse, he is dodging his constituents...
COMMENTARY: May 15 is last day to protest property taxes
BY STATE REP. R.D. 'BOBBY' GUERRAIf your property taxes are increasing, you are not alone. The deadline to appeal your home and commercial appraisal...
COMMENTARY: There are alternatives to suspending young Texas students
BY DIANE EWINGWhat about the four-year-old who tears posters off the classroom wall? Or the pre-K student who threw his shoes?Those are two of...
COMMENTARY: North Korea’s jiu jitsu diplomacy is weakening US
BY ROBERT HUTCHINGSAfter months of frantic brinkmanship with North Korea, reports say President Donald Trump is now preparing for a summit meeting with North...
COMMENTARY: Public assistance work requirements hurt many
BY COSSY HOUGHThe Trump administration has recently asked federal agencies to strengthen and expand existing work requirements for low-income Americans who receive public assistance...
COMMENTARY: Be wary driving today. It’s National Weed Day
BY ROBERT GORDON | Guest columnistGlorifying marijuana use is now a staple across pop culture, music and Hollywood, where getting high is celebrated with...
COMMENTARY: Texas GOP attitudes play to Census citizenship question
BY JIM HENSON AND JOSHUA BLANKSTexas Republican leaders’ embrace of the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census...