Young Conservatism meets Old Liberalism
©Scott Sines
This whole kid in the MAGA hat argument is making me sick to my stomach. There are so many ambiguities and vagaries that we really don't know what...
Trump to Visit Rio Grande Valley
The McAllen Monitor has been the voice of the Rio Grande Valley since at least 1980. I used to know a bunch of people there and I've worked out...
Goodbye Aretha Franklin
©Scott Sines
So I spent an hour or so at Aretha's birthplace this morning. My thought was that the initial wave of grief had washed over most people and there...
R.I.P. George H.W. Bush
©Scott Sines
I have a George H.W. Bush story to share. It's inconsequential in the course of history but important to me today. When I was working in San Antonio...
The Shelbyville Lessons
Compassion Fatigue, Peaceful Protest and Perseverance
©Scott Sines
I recently had lunch with a boyhood friend I hadn’t seen in nearly fifty years. We talked about our aches and pains, the...
Belly Dancing fan
Strawberry festival, Poteet, Texas. This was not a hard picture to make. I could have shot it 15 times while the lady was dancing.
Happy Birthday Henry
Party for the Mayor — ©Scott Sines — San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros was a political skyrocket in the 1980's. He was very open with San Antonio Express-News staff...
A man of the people
Bennie wins again
©Scott Sines — Bernardo Eureste was a firebrand and a flameout. Four times he was elected by residents of the poorest district in San Antonio to represent...
Klan rally erupts
Thirteen arrested, 11 injured
©Scott Sines — Klan rally, Austin, 1983. Once upon a time, an awful, awful time, we had to shoot color slide film in one camera and...