One guy’s opinion: Everything that’s included in this newspaper is trash
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 12:00am
A guy called The Advance office recently to give us a shout-out — love what you write, love the paper, etc.
Opinion
The Carousing Catholic
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 12:00am
Is there anything worse in the world than a hypocrite?
The Pope Speaks
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 12:00am
Here I am, working hard to finish this true-crime book about the 1960 murder of McAllen Teacher Irene Garza, and what do I stumble upon? A quote from Pope Francis, trying to explain to people like me that what we are doing constitutes a grave sin.
No Reporters: The Ghost Newsrooms
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 12:00am
Ghost newsrooms. Meaning, newsrooms filled with no reporters. Newspapers without a single reporter? How is that supposed to work? Apparently, not all that well, according to a Nov. 24, 2023 Wall Street Journal story written by Alexandra Bruell.
Mental health resources needed as evidenced by Edinburg ATV deaths
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 12:00am
Such sad news — two teenage girls killed this past Sunday, victims of an ATV rollover that landed them partially submerged in a canal until help arrived. By then, it was too late. Both were pronounced dead at a local hospital.