El Paso Herald-Post El Paso News & Opinion
Sundays are generally family days for me. And as I prepared myself for PFLAG’s Youth Trans Visibility Event, I had the thought I wanted to stay home to be with my family. As soon as …
April, 2019
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4 April
Op-Ed: Paychecks or Humanity?
I cross the international border between Cd. Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas about 4 times a week. I am amongst the thousands of transnational fronterizxs that live their life crossing the frontera as part …
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4 April
Op-Ed: Hurd on the Hill: Russia is a threat
Here’s something you won’t hear on cable news: Special Counsel Robert Mueller, our intelligence community and Republicans and Democrats in Congress all agree that Russia is a threat. For over two years in Congress, I’ve …
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2 April
Op-Ed: Teachers That are Not Connected Take Away Opportunities From Students
Have you ever mentally kicked yourself in the butt for missing an exciting opportunity because you never knew about it? Missed that $49 Southwest ticket to Hawaii because your best friend who usually tells you …
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2 April
Op-Ed: Cornyn – Humanitarian Crisis at the Border Needs Compromise, Not Politics
WASHINGTON – Tuesday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged his colleagues to work together to address the humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are …
March, 2019
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30 March
Op-Ed: Lack of Critical Thinking by Students and the Media. Example #34523195323
A recent piece on a local news station depicted the supposed problem of “milky” water coming from a water fountain at a local high school. Indeed, a semi-viral video was taken that shows what appears to be …
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28 March
Hurd Joins House Intel Republicans to Call for Adam Schiff to Step Down as Committee Chairman
WASHINGTON, DC – Former undercover CIA officer U.S. Representative Will Hurd (TX-23), who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after joining Republican Committee Members to call for Chairman Adam Schiff to …
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26 March
Op-Ed: Positive Deviance: A Different Way to Solve Problems
Chances are you have never heard of the term “Positive Deviance.” Positive Deviance (PD) is a way of problem solving. Instead of looking at the bad and trying to correct for it, one looks at …
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26 March
Op-Ed: Hurd Statement on End of Mueller Investigation
WASHINGTON, DC – Former undercover CIA officer U.S. Representative Will Hurd (TX-23), who serves the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after Attorney General William Barr released the summary of the …
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25 March
Video+Statement: Cornyn – As Much of Mueller Report Should be Public as Possible
WASHINGTON – On Monday, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and urged Attorney General William Barr to release as much of the findings to the public as …
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24 March
Analysis: Some of the secrets of Texas government aren’t supposed to be secrets
The desire to keep government open and transparent, so that the rest of us can look in there and see what’s going on, is often in tension with the preference for secrecy common to people …
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22 March
Cornyn on First Anniversary of Sutherland Springs Background Check Bill Becoming Law
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement ahead of Saturday’s one year anniversary of President Trump signing the Fix NICS Act, led in the House by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and former …
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19 March
Op-Ed: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Stephen Covey, in his book on highly effective people, has a chapter entitled “Seek First To Understand, Then Be Understood.” He states: “If you’re like most people, you probably seek first to be understood; you …
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16 March
Op-Ed: Cap and Trench-Billion dollar highway project on horizon poses many questions
You may have heard about the I-10 Trench project proposed by the Texas Department of Transportation. Part of the Reimagine I-10 study series, this piece in and around Downtown might be the largest transportation project …
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15 March
Analysis: Asking Texas voters to swap higher sales taxes for property tax cuts
In the rush of legislation filed before last week’s deadline, you wouldn’t be the only person who missed the measure proposing a 6.26 percent state sales tax rate. No reason you should have seen it …
