EDITORIAL: Tight times: Lingering effects of virus can limit budgets, services
New fiscal years are beginning for local cities, counties and other taxing and service districts. Like virtually everything else, those entities will suffer long-term...
EDITORIAL: Strong advocate: Ginsburg’ known as champion of minority, immigrant rights
As an associate justice of our nation’s highest court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg set herself apart as a true champion of the little guy, as...
EDITORIAL: Proud people: Hispanic Heritage Month marks contributions by Latinos, Valley
Hispanic Heritage Month begins today. It is one of our nation’s most recent commemorations, beginning as a week set aside under presidential order by...
EDITORIAL: Not alone: Experts advise seeking help with pandemic-related stress
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott raised attention Wednesday when he announced that his brother Jace, who died in April, had committed suicide. Prescott also...
COVID Confessions: All work and no play makes distance-learning mom a frazzled parent
I dropped my kindergartner off at school this week. There were no tears as I left, walking back to my work station 10 feet...
EDITORIAL: Bypass: Even before wall built, tunnel renders it moot
Tunnels from Mexico into the United States have long been routinely found; however, they’ve generally been limited to areas west of Texas, where it’s...
EDITORIAL: Promises: A look at party platform Biden, Harris to promote
All those who run for president are ambitious, driven and confident. Otherwise our top executives have had varied personalities.
Donald Trump, for example, has a...
EDITORIAL: Reinforcements: Case backlog necessitates more immigration judges
A main cause of our nation’s immigration problems is the immense backlog of cases awaiting resolution. Congress and President Trump would go far in...
EDITORIAL: No delay: Even pandemic not cause to interfere with election
President Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of postponing the November election — the election that will decide if he gets another four-year term.
We...
EDITORIAL: Benched: School closings threaten dreams of many athletes
Many people justifiably are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic will not have abated sufficiently to open school campuses for the fall semester. With the...
