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...
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...
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...
‘We learned that they lie’
Scott Sines, ©The Green Rocket News
Beth and Bob Duman found out about Line 6B as they were signing the papers to close on their dream house.
It had passive solar...
The Sugar House Gang
By Scott Sines
The Sugar House Gang was a mob of mostly Jewish street toughs, bootleggers and hijackers. They began as a street gang terrorizing local merchants. When Prohibition started...
Ruby Ridge redux
©Scott Sines
I've been sitting on this comment for a while.
Just like I'm sure Chris Peck, Peggy Kuhr, Neal Pattison, Bill Morlin, Dianna Dawson, Colin Mulvany, Jesse Tinsley, Anne...
‘Hate is a powerful word’
Scott Sines, ©The Green Rocket News
Carol and Tom Brimhall have a long history with Enbridge. None of it good.
"Hate is a powerful four letter word. Hate is not a...
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...
Living on the Line, Marshall, MI
Scott Sines, ©Green Rocket News
Craig Ritter marches through chest high reeds toward ground zero of the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. Suddenly he sinks calf-deep in an...
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...