Blatantly illegal’

by Barbara Chiarello

October 17, 2025

I’m confused. During his 2016 campaign, President Donald Trump said Mexico was sending us murderers, rapists and drug dealers. To keep them out, he promised to build a wall that Mexico would pay for. Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star on March 6, 2021, to “combat the smuggling of people and drugs into Texas.” […]

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Texas-Sized Hypocrisy

by Barbara Chiarello

December 2, 2024

If they gave an Academy Award for Best Religious Imposter, Greg Abbott would surely run away with the prize Though the Sermon on the Mount blesses the merciful, Texas’ Republican governor continues to treat migrants harshly. “Tiffany Burrow, who directs operations at a nonprofit in Del Rio, said state officials purposely made it hard for […]

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Trump Is Our Bad Boy

by Barbara Chiarello

May 23, 2023

He’s our bad boy. You know, the one from high school who appealed to our rebellious side. The bad boy always disobeyed the rules and got away unscathed; we lived vicariously through him. Trump embodies James Dean’s portrayal of Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause. “Prior this movie,” wrote Terence Towles Canote, “most screen […]

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