José María Barrera: My Ancestor Who Rode With Santos Benavides
Listen to the Story When my third-great-grandfather José María Barrera rode with Colonel Santos Benavides during the Civil War, he was serving under a man from my own extended border
Republicans can claim they are not racists, but they keep electing people like Bo French.
Meet Bo French, the Republican nominee for a statewide office in Texas. French is not some anonymous internet troll sitting outside the political system. He is the Republican nominee for
Manuel Leal: The Texas Hero Texas Hunted as a Bandit
American history remembers Francis Marion as the “Swamp Fox,” a Revolutionary War hero who used surprise attacks, informants, hidden routes, and the protection of difficult country to frustrate a stronger
Rumble in Molina Park in front of the Church.
A Boy Growing Up in Molina Growing up in Molina in the early 1960s meant knowing where you belonged. We did not have organized gangs with officers, membership cards, or
Abbott’s and Stephen Miller’s deportation of children machine, Nazi-like:
Amazing what $20 billion that should have been ours buys, with Abbott’s political position at stake. Miller provides the children; Abbott provides the warehousing of them. The language used by
How much did gasoline cost when you were born?
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Republicans are spending hundreds of millions attacking Talarico; they can’t spend it on Paxton, they call him a crook.
The image on the left: I prefer the nickname Sticky Finger Paxton; it is simple and easy to remember. Republican PACs are throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into political
Molina’s Christmas Present Came Seven Years Late
Listen to the story In December 1961, Molina finally got something the City of Corpus Christi had promised years earlier: sewer service. For families in Molina, that meant much more
Molina’s early history: it was called a slum, so the City annexed us
Listen to this story Molina: Annexed to Stop the “Slums,” Then Told to Pay for Plumbing The image on the left is from a photograph in the Corpus Christi Times,
AI gave the wrong information, someone believed it, and we almost started a war with China.
At the bottom of my conversations with the AI, ChatGPT gives me a warning: “ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info.” Apparently, someone in the United States military needed to
Did Abbott make a deal with Trump to house Children for easy Deportation?
Greg Abbott has spent years presenting himself as the man who does not need Washington. Texas would secure its own border, fight the federal government in court and go its
Harris County Raised Property Taxes. Residents Also Demanded More Public Safety.
Harris County property owners are facing a major tax increase. That is real. The county’s proposed tax increase has been described as roughly 12%, and critics are right to ask
Before the Alamo: The Texas War Most of Us Were Never Taught
The bloodiest battle probably ever fought on Texas soil, and it is not in our Texas history books. Massacres on both sides; an entire army wiped out. Makes the Alamo
I hope Democrats aren’t patting themselves on the back too hard.
Back in January, I wrote that Democrats did not have to learn how to “cater” to Hispanics. Trump only had to keep finding ways to piss them off. Nine months
Texas likes to brag about its Texas Rangers, but they forget that they ran like cowards.
Don’t have to take the words of this old Tejano; take it from an Army Major who had to work with them. When Major Samuel P. Heintzelman was sent to
My top ten Tejano hits from the 1960’s you can disagree
I may have the years wrong, but hey, my list.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Republicans keep F’ing the taxpayers.
Some parents tell their children, “Do as I say, not as I do.” Texas government sometimes looks a little like that. State law tells many cities and counties that their
Davy Crockett and the Alamo: Honor the Man, Question the Legend
Pick what you want to believe, because both cannot be true. We come to honor Davy Crockett, but also to seek the truth as best we can. The two are
September 16, 1942, four years after Texas Independence, a Mexican Army celebrated Mexican Independence in San Antonio.
Texas has always loved to brag about itself; they call them tall tales, maybe sometimes they are just big whoppers of a lie. I read something and decided to look
Trump Is Putting Soldiers and Firefighters in Harm’s Way
What kinda of DEI fools would start a war without preparing to get hit back? My opinion: Donald and Pete. Nero may have fiddled while Rome burned; Trump prefers to