Having Hurricane Beryl barreling down on us for most of us last week, and even into Saturday morning, only to have it miss us entirely and make landfall to the southwest of Houston is bad for a couple of reasons: For starters, the six water tributaries in Mexico that supply water to the Rio Grande Valley (water storage) has now fallen to 910,350 acre feet for the week ending June 29th.
Back during FDR’s days, the media kept a secret from the general public: the president had polio and couldn’t stand up on his own. No news reporter was allowed to take a photo of the president in any “weakened condition.”
Mike McDonnell has been a Democrat for the last 40 years. He is also Catholic and pro-life. He is a state senator in Nebraska (the only state in the union with a unicameral legislature). He ran for office as a Democrat on a pro-life platform.
Two days prior to the presidential debate, the editorial board of The New York Times began writing an article stating that Joe Biden had lost and should be replaced as a candidate. It's truly remarkable that The Times now has the ability to tell the future.
Note: The following opinion piece was published in The Advance in 2011, which just goes to show, how fast time flies.
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