EDITORIAL: Biden betrays border by allowing further work on border wall
President Joe Biden is either a weak panderer who won’t stand up for his principles, or a two-faced liar with no principles at all. Many people might be reaching such conclusions as Biden betrays migrants, the border area and his own previous declarations.
EDITORIAL: We shouldn’t ignore good or bad effects of Columbus voyage
“In Fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Countless Americans learned the little rhyme in elementary school classrooms to recount Italian sailor Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.
EDITORIAL: Autos getting safer, but walker-cyclist fatalities still rising
Our nation’s automobiles are safer than ever. Most new vehicles have features to reduce the chance of accidents, including cameras that enable drivers to see what’s behind or beside them and sensors that sound when the vehicle nears a person or object. Many automatically brake if a driver gets too close.
EDITORIAL: Officials bicker over buses, little regard given migrants
This past weekend the 20th busload filled with immigrants arrived in Los Angeles, sent from Texas, whose name ironically means “friendship.” Like many of those that went before, the bus that arrived Saturday originated in the Rio Grande Valley.
EDITORIAL: Water sharing treaty updates should include climate change
Once again, the Rio Grande Valley has endured another dry year. Once again the Rio Grande reservoirs that feed the Valley have fallen to alarming levels; as of Friday Amistad held 33.7% of normal capacity while Falcon had only 9.1%, according to the International Boundary and Water Commission.
EDITORIAL: Best solution for college debt is to avoid it in the first place
Much attention has arisen in recent years regarding the heavy debt many people take on in order to get a college education. President Biden has led a campaign to help many people escape at least part of that burden.
EDITORIAL: Musk fights back: Government authority is limited
Many people admire Elon Musk and his ability to succeed in so many, and varied, enterprises. That success has enabled the self-made entrepreneur to become the world’s richest person.
EDITORIAL: Border policies must continue to support crossings and trade
To say that the current surge of migrants to our border is a crisis would be an understatement. The hundreds of thousands of people seeking to enter our country and escape violence, corruption and dysfunction in their home countries has become a major part of our current political dialog.
EDITORIAL: Recent accidents show need to seek safety around trains
This is Rail Safety Week, an annual effort to focus on the need to work toward making train-related accidents as rare as possible.
EDITORIAL: Militarization of U.S. border too problematic to continue
Another border operation, another questionable shooting, another example of why our continued use of military personnel is wrong for border operations — especially when those operations are only intended to win political points with voters who are afraid people who don’t look like they do.