‘Hundreds and hundreds’
Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:00am
Anticipating surge in border crossings amid cold temps, El Paso declares state of emergency
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Memories of freezes past
Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:00am
There was a time when one could legitimately argue the veracity of “climate change.” Now, however, with so many weather-related anomalies, aberrations, it seems that train has left the station. The evidence of its reality has become impossible to ignore.
Traffic jams are a killer but ...
Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:00am
The Pharr-Edinburg-Interchange project should be completed by next November
While driving, what can go wrong?
Wed, 12/14/2022 - 8:41am
Not only are more people drinking and driving and texting these days, according to data released earlier this year by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), but they’re also smoking pot while behind the wheel. Call it a three-fer. What can possibly go wrong?
The Curandero: Health-plan coverage?
Wed, 12/14/2022 - 12:00am
One of my favorite guys in the entire world – who sadly died several years ago from pancreatic cancer at the age of 59 – spent part of his life down in southern Mexico, in the heart of curandero country – Catemaco. A long way from his Midwest home. As a young man, he had wanderlust, so he headed to Mexico, where he married, started a business, became a success. My buddy was a Jew by the way, so Kanye West can kiss my… By the way, why this rise in anti-Semitism these days, who knows. Jews represent one-quarter of one percent of the world’s entire population, have won approximately 20 percent of the Nobel prizes awarded, have given us life-saving vaccinations (Jonas Salk/polio), and yet, they continue to be vilified by scum the likes of Louis Farrakhan. Go figure.