May 17 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com High school sports in the Rio Grande Valley, or anywhere, really, can be an unfortunate business. Some of the more despicable acts include coaches who taunt players and unruly fans who decide that the best way to express themselves is by lashing out, and sometimes even rioting. The line …
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May 03 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I try to make my telephone conversations and meetings with public servants, elected officials, business professionals and trusted sources as enjoyable and comfortable an interview as possible. Understand that given the somewhat negative connotation associated with the media, news reporters often find it difficult getting certain folks to open …
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Apr 27 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com When I was 18, my top priority was getting a part-time job so I could save up enough money to purchase the entire Led Zeppelin, Beatles and U2 discographies. This was life. Nothing interrupted me from obtaining this goal. And so after graduating from San Benito High School (Class …
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Apr 19 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It was hours before I got any real work done on Friday. Every time I tried to focus, I heard another update in the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. I even started my day learning about what had transpired just hours …
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Apr 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Have you ever seen “The Paper?” The 1994 film stars Michael Keaton as Henry Hackett, the city editor for a New York City tabloid, Glenn Close as Alicia Clark, the paper’s managing editor, and Randy Quaid as Michael McDougal, a reporter and columnist. There’s this great scene at the …
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Mar 29 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I don’t necessarily have an Easter message to share this weekend. Although I often try to acknowledge the significance of the holidays and the festivities associated with them, either by recalling a personal account or deploying elaborate metaphors to preach a specific moral, the inclination to do so stems …
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Mar 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I’ve been known to write five or six drafts before I finally decide on what will occupy this space. Understand that there’s much I have to consider before penning “Consider This,” including the events that transpire throughout the week and whether such happenings are worth putting pen to paper. …
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Mar 15 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s funny that, during Spring Break, the hottest subject in San Benito this past week was a school matter. So while the city is abuzz with speculation about whether San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón will get the boot, I thought it would be interesting to …
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Mar 08 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In recent weeks, I’ve been inundated with phone calls, emails and text messages from loyal readers who were offended by comments certain people made about the local media, yours truly included. Since a few of these cases involve minors who were subjected to such comments as a captive audience, …
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Mar 01 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com There’s plenty wrong with this city. Some people are rude, others scheme and there are those who lie so often that they’ve forgotten how to tell the truth. Among their most significant accomplishments include widening a rift that’s divided the community. Congratulations. Sadly, the people I’m referring to are …
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