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Editor:We were in Vietnam serving as tunnel rats. So many, so young. We never questioned orders.In order to prevail in the war we had to jump into tunnels dug by the enemy, encounteringcomplete...

Taxpayers are not stupid and can accept paying taxes or increased rates, provided they can see they are getting something in return, like paved streets, good services and honest government....

Today’s musical dedication goes out to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: "I Started a Joke," by the Bee Gees. I still laugh when I think about the day PETA came to Brownsville....

This song is dedicated to accused terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: "Free Me," by Roger Daltry. *** Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade...

On the 4th of July nearly 10 years ago, U.S. District Judge Filemon Vela asked me to give a speech to nearly 100 immigrants he would soon swear in as U.S. citizens. Why the judge would ask me to do...

If you’re a person of a certain age, do you remember the way Ronald Reagan use to disarm his Democratic Party critics with such ease that you had to admire the grace and guile of the man, even...

 For deer hunters in South Texas, Jan. 19 to Feb. 1 is the last window of opportunity to put venison in the freezer, and that venison cannot be wearing antlers. The "late antlerless and...

No one is as fond of affordability as I am. Well, maybe this is wrong, but I am very fond of it. That extends to insurance. My home, car, health and sometimes travel insurance would at their...

John Stossel is a fine journalist with a serious libertarian political orientation. (I once worked with him on his ABC-TV special, “John Stossel Goes to Washing- ton,” broadcast a few...