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Published Brownsville Herald Dec 20, 2010

The turkey is now a very warm memory in my stomach and I was gifted with some warm fuzzy memories that fostered a real thanksgiving when my son and daughter took the time to travel from New York and Houston to visit for a week at Thanksgiving. A special treat was the presence of our first granddaughter who is now 2 years old.
I was thrilled to be able to spend that time and see the first blooms of independent personhood bloom in that little lady, so similar to her mom but a singular person on her own.
Another is that Chuck Berry, the guy who pretty much divined Rock and Roll, now 84, is still with us and will play two gigs New Year’s Eve at 8 p.m. and midnight Friday at B.B. King’s in New York City. In looking at his website it seems that he stays young by playing his music regularly around the country. Don’t miss seeing this treasure while he is still with us and remind ourselves that the Music didn’t die in 1959.
Times like these make me confident in the existence of the higher power that so many of us celebrate at this time of year. Even many of the stores in the mall are no longer afraid to wish a Merry Christmas and the Salvation Army is again welcome in many retail places.
With all of the good signs for our future evident, the seemingly never-ending world conflict and political confusion in our country genuinely concern me as well. More »

Published Brownsville Herald Dec 6, 2010

In a recent Brownsville Herald “Your Voices” the seriousness and fears about the future of our Community College were clearly identified in a comment entitled “I have a dream, or a nightmare?” I had a nightmare that the University of Texas Brownsville had regressed in becoming “Tamale Tech” once again!
The fear is stated succinctly in the following “Under Tamale Tech will the students still be able to get their master’s or doctor’s degrees, or will they have to travel to Edinburg to get them? I really don’t know. But with no one commenting, how will we ever know what is going on in closed meetings, who is responsible, who needs to be recalled, or simply who needs to resign?” More »