Letters: No fights for rights
The West has long lived comfortably with the assurance that we will never again see the feudal practice of a king claiming new land as a legal right of conquest.
Glad to be part of U.S.
On March 29 I read Mr. Roger Hyer’s letter (“Joe Biden is no bully”) with great interest. The last paragraph
Charters grow at the expense of traditional schools
This is in response to recent editorial, “Dumb idea.” This editorial takes into consideration current events, not the history of the movement, the funding, the real motivations for the movement and how they have changed.
Letters: Unhealthy place to live
Did you know that in a 2020 report done by WalletHub.com Brownsville was named “least healthy city in the U.S.”? The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area was given the designation in their 2022 report. Why? It is without a doubt that this social issue is of great cause for concern.
Abortion doesn’t decrease crime
In a recent letter to the editor, Hank Shiver referenced a study from 2001 linking crime and abortion. He states that “banning abortions increases crime.”
Making a difference: Returning starfish to the ocean
The Texas foster care system is in crisis, and while there is a mountain of work to do from the top down, we must also remember our obligation to protect children extends before they ever enter the system.
Letters: It’s worse elsewhere
Inflation is up, gas prices are up, and energy prices have increased all over the world. It is far worse in many nations than it is here in the U.S. Yet, somehow it is President Biden’s fault?
Immigration laws causing unnecessary pain
Holding her baby, a 15-year-old girl, traveling north through Mexico, noticed her “coyote” was now driving southward. Fearful she might be coerced into sex slavery, she dumped her purse onto a front seat, including $100. Her escort took the bribe and set her free. She and her baby made it to the U.S. border.
Officials enacting policies that hurt many Texans
I am a nearly lifelong Texan, growing up primarily in Wichita Falls. I left the state for college, but returned in 2006, and have been a Texas resident for the majority of the time since then. I am also a gay man — and I am proud of who I am — to the core of my soul.
Letters: Biden called a warmonger
In October 1962, at age 19, I slept next to the planes with the paratroopers of the famed 82nd Airborne Division. We were waiting to jump into Havana in what would have been World War III, if for President John F. Kennedy.