LETTERS: On #MeToo movement; power lifting and Mark Zuckerberg
#MeToo to TrumpPresident No. 45 may hope to avoid the investigation of charges of sexual misconduct or outright abuse made by at least 16...
LETTERS: Obamacare fallout and HCRMA appointment and Nassar sentencing
Obamacare falloutMy wife, who gets a modest pension from the Texas Teacher Retirement System, just received a letter stating that her health insurance will...
LETTERS: On ‘annexing Mexico’ and Irene Garza’s justice
Just ‘annex Mexico’To solve immigraiton problems, America needs to annex Mexico. Sergio Sanchez, on radio AM 710, is always saying how Mexicans want to...
LETTERS: On Trump’s speeches, helping seniors, ‘jackass’ pullquote and watching pets
Compromise DemocratsDid you hear the same State of the Union Address that I did, Raoul Villarreal? You’re right that the Democrats could show their...
LETTERS: On Hidalgo Co. drainage district case, Clinton’s 1995 SOTU and pro-life assembly
Drainage District caseUnbelievable! It appears that visiting Judge Martin Chiuminatt has exonerated Godfrey Garza, Hidalgo County Drainage District’s former general manager, from responsibility for...
LETTERS: Against Dreamers
‘Not just all about you!’A Tuesday column in The Monitor, “Watching my dream voted away by a local congressman,” criticized U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s,...
LETTERS: On rescinding appointment of commissioner’s uncle and sculptor taking too much credit
A ‘step backward’With much disappointment, I read Sunday that Hidalgo County lawyer Steve Crain is sticking by his well-connected guns and has decided that...
LETTERS: Against repealing Obamacare and Trump tweets
Don’t repeal ObamacareIn the coming weeks, the president and Republican leaders in Congress will advance their agenda for 2018. Many Republicans, including President Donald...
LETTERS: On sexual assaults, voting records and learning from history
Speaking out against sexual abuseLarry Nassar was convicted of repeated sexual abuse against women and young girls and sentenced to 40 to 175 years...
LETTERS: On McAllen Marathon, property tax relief and ‘government 101’
McAllen MarathonAt 79-years-old, I am a bicycle rider but not a runner. I ride almost every day on the N. Col. Rowe Boulevard (2nd...