Observations

Let’s start the year with some good news: at some point, we’re all going to die.

I’m always on the lookout for ways to make more money. I have to make more money to pay the tax bill on the money I already make. The IRS never sleeps.

— As Ricardo “Ricky Rod” Rodriguez gets ready to step down as Hidalgo County District Attorney at the end of this month after two terms in office, I think the thing for which he will be most remembered is the successful conviction of John Feit, the former Catholic killer priest who thought he had gotten away with the brutal kidnapping, rape, and murder of Irene Garza, a 25-year-old McAllen teacher.