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Let's Get Serious
OK, we've been threatened several times in the recent past by hurricanes that appeared to be headed for the Valley, but shifted south or north, leaving the Valley virtually unscathed. We prepared for them by boarding up, moving outdoor potted plants...
Family Values
Local headlines over recent weeks have been, to say the least, horrifying. A teenage mother allegedly kills her 15-day-old infant and lies to police to cover it up, saying the youngster had been snatched by an unknown assailant.In Mission, one brother...
A fair trade
The economy these days seems to give with one hand and take with the other, and the examples of this aren't at all hard to find. For instance, just as automakers are taking steps to make cars and trucks more fuel efficient, the price of gasoline pushes...
Failed care systems
Reeling from sadness about the news over the past several weeks of the wholly unnecessary deaths of three Rio Grande Valley youngsters, we have to raise the question: Who's minding the kids? Unfortunately, the answer — at least in these three...
R.I.P., soldier
Another Rio Grande Valley serviceman has been killed in Iraq while doing his duty and fulfilling his mission. The latest son of the Valley to lose his life is Army Pfc. Alex Gonzalez of Mission. The 21-year-old Mission High School graduate, an Army explosives...
Valley justice
In the Valley, justice apparently is not only blind, but also deaf and dumb - or, dare we say, stupid. Once more, Valley residents have been stunned, but not totally surprised, to learn that a punishment meted out by a jury comes nowhere near fitting...
Monetary Castualties
Yet another disturbing report regarding the progress of our involvement in Iraq has been made public. This report, released Sunday by Stuart Bowen Jr., special inspector general for our reconstruction efforts in Iraq, has nothing to...
It takes a village
Many people across the Valley are abuzz over the tragic March 18 death of 2-year-old Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. in La Joya. Reports first suggested the toddler was accidentally crushed by his bedridden, morbidly obese aunt in whose care he had been left. However,...
Grow up, Candidates
Kino Flores. Sandra Rodriguez. Aaron Peña. Eddie Saenz. It’s scary to think that after March 4 — barring some sort of write-in campaign miracle — two of those people are actually going to be representing the voters of Hidalgo County in the state...
It's Bat Crazy
Millions of Americans are without access to vital health care and many who have it can’t afford to pay for their medications. The nation’s economy is in the toilet. We have an unpopular, terribly costly and most likely unwinable war — that...
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