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January 2021

Of Neil Sheehan and Merle Wolin
Two great reporters deserving of Pulitzers, and in a perfect world each would have won journalism's highest honor.
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Celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany
The story of the Magi is one that touches the Western mind and heart. It’s part of the romanticism which surrounds the events of the Nativity of Jesus…
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America Must Disown Donald Trump
The enemy to America's democracy is not only within but within the highest office in the land. Donald Trump is now not just a defeated president but a…
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Saving Anne Frank
She haunted me, her story and her photograph. She looked unlike any young woman I knew, and I was in love with her. Had it been possible, I would have…
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In the Footsteps of Jackie Robinson
Johnny Martinez was apparently the first Hispanic to ever win an athletic letter at Waco High School or at any school in the city in my hometown.
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December 2020

What You Do When You Have No Life...
I've often thought I would just put a .45 to my head if I had a boring, dead-end job, and maybe that's what playing Covid-19 roulette is really all…
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In Spain, She's No Longer 'Hilaria'
Alec Baldwin's 'Spaniard' wife became a beloved cover girl for Vanity Fair España and elsewhere until they, too, discovered she wasn't Mallorcan born…
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Christmas season in Latin America
Tuesday's feast honors Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
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Coming in 2021
The latest from bestselling author Tony Castro
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When We All Wanted To Be Hemingway
Today, those of us who have survived can take great pride. We ARE Hemingway.
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