¡ask a mexican!

Firearm ownership down Mexico way

By GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of supplying guns that ended up in the hands of the drug cartels. Now, if I say any more, I might be talking about …

steve’s column

Appreciating teachers’ tolerance

By STEVE LANG

“There are three good reasons to be a teacher – June, July and August.” – Unknown

In another setting, fumbling with scissors and flubbing finger painting may have doomed me to eternal life in the first grade.

However, my teacher, Miss Lynne – for whom our elementary school was already named – …

high desert sketches

Spring comes to the High Chihuahua Desert

By GEORGE A. COVINGTON

During the first week in May we had 2 days with highs of 91. The third day the high was forty with an overnight low of 22. Mother Nature, you murdered the blossoms on our pecan, apple, and peach trees (not to mention kicking the hell …

the idle american

A champion for children

By Dr. DON NEWBURY

Folks were commonly born into poverty in the 1930s. For some, it was abject–daily bread was never guaranteed, and families were continually on the move in survival mode.

Dr. O. C. (Mike) Taylor, born to migrant farm workers, was subjected to life’s most jagged edges after his birth in 1932. …

make it fun

I hate windows

By PAM YOUNG

I wonder if there are job openings at Microsoft for geeks to help them really respond to the message I get at least ten times a day using Windows 7? Windows is checking for a solution to the problem. In all the years I’ve been getting that message, no one has …

the anti-fan

For some athletes’ families, never enough green

By JIM GORDON

M is for the millions that I gave her.

O means that she’s only seeing green.

T is for her taking me to the cleaners.

H is for her heart that’s small and mean.

E is for her eyes with envy shining.

R means rapacious and that she’ll always be.

Put them all …

dick decent – boquillas

rambling boy

Jacksboro blues

By LONN TAYLOR

In the 1950s Texas State Highway 199, which ran 54 miles from Fort Worth to Jacksboro, was the most dangerous road in Texas. Actually, only the first 3 ½ miles of it were dangerous; the rest was reasonably safe. The danger came not from traffic but from the patrons of the 18 …

golliver – solar farm blues

correspondence

We would like to express our appreciation for the extraordinary efforts put forth on our community’s behalf by the Presidio City leaders concerned by the devastating changes in USDA import procedures.

Mayor Obed Escontrias, Mayor pro tem Rafael Carrera, and Special Projects Coordinator Carlos Nieto enlisted the assistance of Senator Jose Rodriguez and Representative Poncho Nevarez …