COMMENTARY: Critical need for cobalt supply chain outside of Africa
BY RAHUL VERMA and BRENT A. ELLIOTTSAs we move toward integration of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, we must pay greater attention to...
COMMENTARY: How to help ‘man’s best friend’ in Year of the Dog
BY PAULA MOOREAs people around the world on Friday rang in the Year of the Dog, it’s worth noting that for many dogs around...
COMMENTARY: A President’s Day quiz
BY KEELY LEWISI recently read somewhere that Donald Trump Jr., refers to his father as DJT. I had never heard our current president referred...
COMMENTARY: Let’s build a culture of safety in Texas
BY ART MARKMANSomeone I know was in a minor car crash recently. The car was hit from behind by a driver who was using...
COMMENTARY: Preventing, protecting and punishing in Texas
BY GOV. GREG ABBOTTAbove all else, the government’s primary responsibility is to keep our citizens safe. This means that we have a duty to...
COMMENTARY: The science behind love
BY DR. DAVID M. BUSSFalling in love is intoxicating. It feels unplanned and unconstrained, wild horses of emotion impossible to control. When in its...
COMMENTARY: The silence of the lame
BY AL GARCIAI have no illusions about our president’s delusions and his deliberate deflection of the truth. He openly flaunts his ignorance of basic...
COMMENTARY: Replacing property taxes with higher sales taxes is just bad math
BY DALE CRAYMERIt’s no exaggeration to say that Texans don’t like paying property taxes, as we have some of the highest in the nation.Could...
COMMENTARY: Make a lifetime commitment to cancer prevention
BY LORENA SAENZ GONZALEZIf you’re like many Americans, you’re already neglecting your New Year’s resolutions. But consider the big picture: Lifestyle changes — like...
COMMENTARY: Watching my dreams be voted away by local congressman
BY Allyson Duarte | Guest ColumnistI watched my own member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, vote to deport immigrant youth like myself...