SAN ANTONIO, May 8 - The recent Tejano Monument unveiling in Austin, Texas, brought much needed attention to the long-ignored period of early Texas history. 

EDINBURG, May 6 - The “Cinco de Mayo” (May 5, 1862) celebrates the Mexican Army’s defeat of the French forces at the Battle of Puebla.

EDINBURG, April 29 - Get ready. Only two months until elections for President—first of July, in Mexico, that is.

AUSTIN, April 22 - If you ask any Catholic (and many non-Catholics) whom they admire most in the Church, the answer will always be the nuns. These dedicated women have given their lives to make the rest of us a better community.

SAN ANTONIO, April 15 - With the rising tempo of the political races, news commentators continue to mention the Hispanic or Latino vote. 

EDINBURG, April 8 - Felices Pascuas! Happy Easter! Happy Passover! And “happy” any other sincere, devout religious observance of any other major or minor religion!

AUSTIN, April 4 - Dr. Andrés Tijerina, a history professor at Austin Community College, gave the keynote speech at the unveiling on the Tejano Monument at the state Capitol on March 29.

AUSTIN, April 2 - Many years ago, our Spanish Mexican Tejano ancestors planted a seed that remained dormant for about 170 years.

AUSTIN, March 31 - The Guardian asked its good friend, Dan Arellano, president of the Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin, to give his thoughts on the historic Tejano Monument that was unveiled this week at the state Capitol.

EDINBURG, March 17 - This “amicus curiae” brief is submitted in support of an important case in the Court of the American People, 2012. 

EDINBURG, March 11 - Most men I know have women for Mothers. Most men I know have women for wives, sisters, and daughters.

EDINBURG, March 4 - Perhaps not exquisite, but certainly entertaining, are the musings of Chairman MaoMitt.

EDINBURG, Feb. 26 - A previous column of mine, here in the Rio Grande Guardian, asked—regarding scurrilous lies and pandering campaign rhetoric— “How Low Can They Go?”

EDINBURG, Feb. 19 - Meet the new kids on the block at the University of Texas—Pan American in Edinburg. They have just founded a new club called PA 21--Progressive Association, Century 21.

AUSTIN, Feb. 13 - It was almost time for us to leave church; but, then, right before the final blessing, the priest said he had to read a letter from the bishop to the congregation.

McALLEN, Jan. 29 - Newt Gingrich surged ahead of the pack in the South Carolina primary, soundly defeating his Republican rivals as the “anybody-but-Romney” contingent of the party appeared, for the moment, to have settled on him.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 26 - With fights over everything from health care to foreign policy to transcontinental pipelines, folks in Washington aren't agreeing on much these days. And those are just the disagreements between the parties.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 - President Obama’s plan to keep America strong and on a path to success is working.

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 22 - The month of February brings to mind the birth of the man who most surveys consider the greatest president we ever had. 

MERCEDES, Jan. 15 - Just before the end of last year, 2011, and just before the holidays, a few House Republicans put Americans in a very economically dangerous situation that could have caused many people major financial set-backs. 

EDINBURG, Jan. 15 - Dear readers and supporters (even opponents) of Civil Rights, permit me to re-print below my column written in honor of the birthday celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It appeared in the Rio Grande Guardian last year at this time.

EDINBURG, Jan. 8 - There is no two-party system in the United States. Rather, we have fifty different party systems.

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 4 - In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson recognized a horrid reality. Large segments of U.S. citizens were poor, ill, and needy. The states could not fix the problem on their own. 

EDINBURG, Dec. 31 - In the New Year of 2012, Texas, more than any state in the U.S.A., can and should lead the way toward a brave new world.

EDINBURG, Dec. 24 - Hear those chains? There are plenty of ghosts of Christmas Past to go around. They include over 6,300 dead and the hundreds more wounded during the Bush trillion dollar wars.

BROWNSVILLE, Dec. 22 - My! So many South Texans want to run as Democrats for the U.S. House of Representatives. I hope they really run as Democrats, not Republicans in donkey suits!