Viewpoints

Editor: How can we watch a preacher say, "God damn America," and then tell us what he really meant? I know he was talking about the plight of the black people and how rough life has been for them.   I...

Editor: Just as Barack Obama did with his remarkable speech about racism in the United States, a speech that noted a taboo subject for politicians, he did the same with his analysis of "bitter" Americans. Yes,...

If you would like to contact Opinion Editor Carlos Rodriguez he can be reached at 956-982-6681. You can also email him at crodriguez@brownsvilleherald.com...

They were three Rio Grande Valley boys, knocking around the streets of Edinburg in the 1950s. Robert and his younger brother, Pete, had a best buddy named Freddy. They lived within two blocks of each...

If you want to get to the heart of the matter on why the U.S. Senate’s recent try at immigration reform failed, listen to the perspective of Stephanie Ursey of Gainesville, Ga. Ursey, a 39-year-old...

Three years ago today, the Marine Corps infantry unit I was with, Charlie Company, Reinforced, Task Force 1-23, was tasked with collecting prisoners for questioning regarding the roadside bomb that killed...

Here’s something I would like to hear from the mouth of our Commander-in-Chief: “We are not about to send a bunch of civilians six or seven thousand miles away from home to do what our American armed forces...

During economic downturns many people become hostile toward their employers, thinking whatever hardship they suffer is their fault. However, the responsibility lies with customers, consumers and a host...

At a recent conference I attended one speaker made the point, now widely admitted, that air quality in America has markedly improved over the past several decades. (For a good treatment of this topic,...