Border
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
Stumper of the Week: Perry vs. White vs Gohmert
Who said the single weirdest and nuttiest thing in Texas politics this week?
Okay, folks, we’re right on the cusp of that magical, mythical day when everyone supposedly—all at once, now!—stops thinking silly, summery thoughts a...Read More
Two El Paso Hospitals Most Profitable in the Nation
Two private El Paso hospitals are in the top 25 moneymakers in the nation, according to a new Forbes magazine survey. El Paso’s Del Sol Medical Center rated #...Read More
It Takes a Massacre
Mexico Finally Institutes Protections for Immigrants
Mexican President Felipe Calderon frequently criticizes the unfair treatment of undocumented immigrants in the United States. But It took a mass grave in Tamaul...Read More
Stumper of the Week: Who’s Calling Who What?
This week's nuttiest things said in Texas politics
Every Friday from here till the end of this year’s campaign stumping season, I’ll be honoring the most outlandish, befuddling, illogical or just fla...Read More
Droning In Dollars
With unmanned aircraft now patrolling the Texas-Mexico border, safety risks aren't the only concerns.
At a July congressional hearing, Mark Borkowski, an executive director in charge of border security at the Department of Homeland Security, made a startling adm...Read More
Floating On The Border
My father was born in Xilitla, a speck near another speck in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. To hear him talk, Xilitla is heaven on earth. The women are lovely, the me...Read More