Perspectives

Post-election riot in Texas border town

Wed, 04/12/2023 - 12:00am

Laredo voters observed a century- old custom on Apr. 6, 1886 by picking public servants for the coming year. But when the winners tried to rub salt in the losers’ wounds, the streets of the border town turned into a battleground.

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Take a ride and enjoy the plethora of bluebonnets

Sat, 04/08/2023 - 12:00am

Column 14 for April 8, 2023

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Dummying down America ... digitally

Sat, 04/08/2023 - 12:00am

When an entire kindergarten class was murdered by Adam Lanza two weeks before Christmas in 2012, I was paralyzed with grief.

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Texas leads nation in jobs

Sat, 04/08/2023 - 12:00am

The Lone Star State continues to lead the nation in jobs added with 58,200 new positions in February, bringing the state to nearly 14 million total nonfarm jobs, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. February also marked two full years of uninterrupted job growth in the state.