Victoria Advocate Editorial Board

06/26/2024

A recent news development has left some folks scandalized and others envious.

06/25/2024

“I’ve been everywhere, man/I’ve been everywhere, man…” – as sung by Hank Snow.

06/20/2024

As temperatures edge back into the mid 90s, it’s time to think about the impact heat can have in a closed vehicle — especially on children.

06/19/2024

Here we are. Another year, another June and the nation is celebrating another Juneteenth holiday.

06/14/2024

Most readers by now have experienced the sticker shock when their latest auto and homeowner insurance policies arrive. The Washington solution? Expand political control over insurers, naturally. But that misdiagnosis won’t solve the problem.

Most readers by now have experienced the sticker shock when their latest auto and homeowner insurance policies arrive. The Washington solution? Expand political control over insurers, naturally. But that misdiagnosis

06/11/2024

A new law may help, but shelters are overflowing

06/06/2024

Some fathers are entirely too serious.

06/05/2024

Communication, says the leading theory, is the speaker’s mind stimulating a message in the hearer’s mind.

Nearly half of all Americans didn’t read a book last year, reports a YouGov poll released in December. And though 54 percent did read at least one book, 51 percent

06/03/2024

A century ago, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, also known as the Immigration Act of 1924, which precipitated a two-generation-long pause in mass migration.

05/28/2024

It was the first time in my childhood I had an excuse for coming home late for dinner, but nobody — not even the cops — would listen.

05/26/2024

We can argue forever about left-right politics and why the country is going to ruin.

05/22/2024

One particularly vivid memory was Miss Cherrie with her wagon going through town with her cow behind the wagon.The cow grazed on vacant lots and no one dared to move that cow or Miss Cherrie would let them have it, letting them know not to try that,…

One particularly vivid memory was Miss Cherrie with her wagon going through town with her cow behind the wagon.The cow grazed on vacant lots and no one dared to move

05/21/2024

Winter Texans have been a boon for the Rio Grande Valley, adding nearly $2 billion per year to the region’s economy. Those numbers have been falling in recent years, however, and changing finances appear to be a major reason.

Winter Texans have been a boon for the Rio Grande Valley, adding nearly $2 billion per year to the region’s economy. Those numbers have been falling in recent years, however,

05/20/2024

First, it was Toys “R” Us. Then, Bed Bath & Beyond. Now, perhaps the most personally painful demise of a legendary franchise that helped to shape my psyche (and my penchant for complimentary appetizers), our local Red Lobster, along with over 90…

First, it was Toys “R” Us. Then, Bed Bath & Beyond. Now, perhaps the most personally painful demise of a legendary franchise that helped to shape my psyche (and my

05/20/2024

Ida Ayres never served a day in the armed forces, but at 95, she knows plenty about the sacrifices of war.

05/19/2024

Yes, I was hunkered down paying rapt attention to the weather report on May 8 when an EF-3 tornado rampaged through a neighboring county.

05/14/2024

Among the names being bandied about for Trump’s VP are three U.S. Senators: Ohio’s J.D. Vance, Florida’s Marco Rubio, and South Carolina’s Tim Scott.

05/12/2024

New York has been voted the ugliest American city, not because of its architecture, but because of its people.