Border
The Perry Plan
Gov. Rick Perry didn’t exactly face a tough crowd at Lubbock’s Monterey High School on Aug. 31. Well before his arrival, 30 or so students had assembled...Read More
Rick Perry GOOD, federal government BAD
I’m worried about Rick Perry. I’m afraid he’ll run out of material before the November election. Are there any federal agencies left that he hasn’t lash...Read More
Postcards From a Cartel City
A reporter returns to a border town riven by a drug war.
August 9 I’ve been dreading coming to Reynosa for weeks. I tell myself that if I stick with the immigration story I’m working on and don’t do ...Read More
Will Republicans Kill the DREAM?
I nearly couldn’t believe it today when I read that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will attach a DREAM Act amendment to the hulking Defense Department ...Read More
Anchors Aweigh on Texas Politics
When it comes to the most important issues facing the nation, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, the economy is number one, while in T...Read More
On the Fence
A new documentary chronicles the border wall boondoggle
If it weren’t for 9-11, we wouldn’t have a 670-mile border fence boondoggle along our southern border, was the take home point from filmmakers Rory Kenned...Read More
The Dead City
Death greets visitors to Reynosa these days. On the outskirts of this gritty industrial city across the Rio Grande from McAllen, a shining, white altar to the s...Read More
Cartel City
Imagine a city under the complete control of the Gulf Cartel
Imagine a city under the complete control of the Gulf Cartel. It’s called Reynosa, a city of nearly 600,000 just across the Rio Grande from McAllen. The Commi...Read More
Border Security: From Bold to Bull
White vs. Perry on Border Security
If border security weren’t such a highly politicized concept we might get closer to securing the border. Less campaign grandstanding and actual honest-to-God ...Read More