Opinion

I am a resident of Laguna Vista since 2016. Five years ago the city, in conjunction with UTRGV, opened a much-valued medical clinic staffed with nurses, primary-care physicians and Dr. Eron Manusov seeing patients for first-line diagnosis and referrals. This clinic has been used extensively by permanent residents as well as a strong influx of Winter Texans year to year.

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.

I’m a physician, and the last thing I want is for a patient to make decisions about their health and well-being based on the cost of care and medication rather than their actual care needs.

This is my response to Ned Sheats’ commentary of Oct. 3, giving his opinions on Texas constitutional proposals on the November ballot. I agree with his “yes” and “no” votes, and I thank him for doing so much investigating for me.

License to carry a handgun: What does it mean? Conceal carry seems to be the better choice if you ever carry. No one needs to know what you have and you are in less danger of becoming a target by criminals who need that weapon more than you do.

Students in South Texas are back to school, and many are returning to schools that might not be meeting their needs. This raises an important question for parents whose children are stuck in failing schools: Why do we continue to follow the same failing education system? And why is choice only for the rich?

We are becoming an oligarchy country, ruled by the few — the billionaire class, the corporations — thanks in large part to the U.S. Supreme Court and their wrong-headed decisions that started in 1976.

Nine thousand years ago a man died along the Columbia River. About 40 years old, he stood 5 feet, 7 inches tall and his 160 pounds were all lean, compact strength. He was no stranger to injury.

“Woke” is an adjective derived from African American vernacular English meaning “alert to racial prejudice and discrimination.” Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism and LGBT rights.

“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.