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Opinion

Congressmen urge Census Bureau Dir. to continue count through Oct.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Filemon Vela (TX-34) urged U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham to continue self-response and non-response follow-up (NRFU) for the U.S. Census through October 31 as originally planned. Director Dillingham and the Trump administration recently indicated that Census efforts would end a month earlier than scheduled.

Black and Hispanic votes

The Democrat Party is counting on receiving roughly 95% of Black votes. Biden has gone so far as to say that the Black community (unlike the Hispanic) is monolithic and that a Black person isn’t really Black if he votes Republican. That has led Donald Trump to print up a bunch of “I ain’t black” tee shirts for sale to Black Republicans.

The Impossible Dream

Suppose there existed a device—a gadget, say—that would give its owner—you or me, say—certain godlike abilities, such as the instant (or near-instant) eradication of evil (or an evil-doer)? What if it could fix things on that laundry list of grievances for God we keep in our back pocket? What if such a thing could work miracles, such as cleaner skin, hair restoration, clear vision, whiter teeth, weight control, a strengthened immune system, arrested addiction, reconciled relationships...even a greener lawn?

Hurricane Allen and my 25th birthday

Hard to believe that it’s been 40 years since I was sitting in a hotel room northeast of here waiting for Hurricane Allen to blow across the RGV. Hardly seems possible, the passage of so many years. Having moved to Cameron County and the Brownsville Airport to take a flying job in the spring of 1979, Allen was the first hurricane I was set to experience. It didn’t take me long to know that I didn’t like them.

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