LETTERS: Open-carry law decried
Welcome to the wild west of yesterday! Our friends in Austin, as the professional politicians like to refer to their counterparts, are making it...
EDITORIAL: Game changer: Compensation for athletes could bring many changes
Imagine a local car dealer who wants to make the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley a national power in collegiate soccer, and help...
COMMENTARY: What Critical Race Theory (CRT) is
By JIM N. TAYLOR, Special to the Star
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is derived from the Marxist Critical Theory by using race as the means...
LETTERS: Prosecute all rioters
Anybody, regardless of color, ethnicity or political affiliation who converged on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 to attack our form of government should...
LETTERS: Don’t spend on migrants
Just a few comments regarding the situation at the U.S./Mexico border.
First, where is it written that the U.S. has an obligation to take in...
LETTERS: No labor shortage
The June 13 letter from Tomas Cantu spoke strong words about the fake “labor shortage” that is polluting the news media.
The root cause of...
LETTERS: Office closure spurs criticism
In the latest sign that our country went from Trump’s “America First” to Biden’s “America Last” in just a few short months, it is...
EDITORIAL: Life or death: Halt on federal executions should lead to full review
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week announced an official moratorium on federal executions. The announcement wasn’t surprising, as President Joe Biden and Garland,...
EDITORIAL: Curricula, like other issues, best left to trained experts
It’s been said that history is written by those who won the wars, and by those in charge. Electronic news coverage and virtually everyone’s...
Posturing More than visits, lip service needed to fix border issues
Vice President Kamala Harris is finally coming to the border. After increasing attacks from Republicans and a growing number of Democrats regarding her apparent...