Editor’s note: The following are two contrasting articles about the final 2016 presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Guest author Barbara Carrasco makes the argument for Donald Trump. Martin Paredes disagrees. Martin: The final debate for the 2016 presidential race was different in that the two candidates; Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finally […]
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Guest Editorial: WikiLeaks Exposes Truth About Hillary Clinton
(Counterpoint: The following is a guest editorial submitted by Barbara Carrasco. Occasionally, I will publish counterpoints submitted by readers to my blog. To be considered for a counterpoint, please send me your comments in an article fashion on topical topics that I am covering on my blog. As I have written many times before, we […]
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Texas Attorney General Exempts Friends from Freedom of Information
Veronica Escobar argued to the Texas Attorney General that her years-long friendship with Susie Byrd is reason sufficient to exclude her from the Texas Public Information Act – and the Texas AG bought into that argument. That is the essence of Escobar’s reasons for not releasing the public information records about El Paso Police Chief […]
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Guest Editorial: Hillary Clinton Is Not Running to be President of the U.S.
(Counterpoint: The following is a guest editorial submitted by Barbara Carrasco. Occasionally, I will publish counterpoints submitted by readers to my blog. To be considered for a counterpoint, please send me your comments in an article fashion on topical topics that I am covering on my blog. As I have written many times before, we […]
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Now I Understand Why the Electoral College is Necessary
I never really understood why the Electoral College was necessary. As a matter of fact, I believe it usurps the will of the majority on election night. But in this election cycle I truly embrace the need for the Electoral College and I believe it will save the United States from a very vocal minority. […]
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Guest Editorial TRUMP: Living in the Center of His Universe
(Counterpoint: The following is a guest editorial submitted by Barbara Carrasco. Occasionally, I will publish counterpoints submitted by readers to my blog. To be considered for a counterpoint, please send me your comments in an article fashion on topical topics that I am covering on my blog. As I have written many times before, we […]
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The Republican Party and Supporters Got Conned by Trump
Donald Trump has destroyed one of the two major political parties in the United States and the worst part is that the Republicans haven’t noticed. What is worse is that the predicament that the Republican Party finds itself in – is the result of a Donald Trump conspiracy. Let’s start with the most obvious example; […]
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Mexican Immigrant Teaches Donald Trump the Basics of the US Government System
It is unbelievable that as a Mexican immigrant living in the United States I need to take up some space on my blog to give Donald Trump a very basic lesson in US civics. All of you reading this know that the United States is governed by three branches of government. Interestingly, this is one […]
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Donald Trump Admits to Not Paying Taxes
During the second presidential debate on Sunday night, Donald Trump clearly admitted to not paying income taxes. I know that Trump and his surrogates argue that he pays millions in taxes through property, employee taxes, sales taxes and other business related taxes. But that narrative misses a very important element that Trump and his supporters […]
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Mexico’s Diversified Economy
For some years now I have been reading and hearing commentary about how NAFTA has been bad for Mexico and the United States. This notion comes from citizens of both countries, with US citizens criticizing NAFTA for job losses and depressed wages and Mexican citizen criticizing it for the destruction of agriculture as a way […]