(Hope Park, Brownsville | Source: Scott Nicol) Brownsville, Texas Highway 281 hugs the Rio Grande as it twists and turns its last few miles before heading into Brownsville at the southernmost tip of Texas. As you pass small towns with histories dating back almost three centuries, some serving as river crossings long before the Europeans […]

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  On his October 25 show, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly told viewers, “The Factor has established itself as the go-to news program if you want the facts about Obamacare.” And then he proceeded to show that this wasn’t true: Millions of Americans want facts, not crazy political fanaticism, and we are here to give […]

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I first met Doug at The Soho Weekly News office in June 1981 where he was an editor and I was proposing an article. I was greeted by a portly man with a baby face that I later learned masked maturity. He made a wry comment followed by a warm, half-smile. “Barkis is willing,” he […]

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(Source: Corbis via Daily Beast) Federal appeals judge Richard Posner now admits his landmark 2007 ruling that allowed states to require photo ID for voters has damaged democracy. His decision isn’t being used by states to fight fraud. Rather, politicians are using it to suppress voting rights—and boy, he is sooooo very sorry about that. […]

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As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on—and it’s now well over two years old—it has illuminated the Obama presidency like no other issue. It offers the president not just a choice of policies, but a choice of friends, worldviews, styles. It’s become an X-ray for a flagging presidency. The stakes are […]

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