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 29 2013
SCATTERBRAINED: With A Little Luck
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com “Son of a… I have the worst luck,” I thought to myself upon realizing that I had locked my keys inside my truck. I had just arrived at a convenience store, during work hours, to buy a Red Bull Energy Drink (anything to keep me conscious). A sharp …
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Mar 22 2013
CONSIDER THIS: Cater more to the youth
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
CONSIDER THIS: It ain’t easy being Antonio G. Limón
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
CONSIDER THIS: We don’t need no miseducation
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
CONSIDER THIS: Give Atoms For Peace a Chance
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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Feb 22 2013
CONSIDER THIS: I’m your Huckleberry
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Imagine, if you will, a general office setting – let’s say an advertising agency – filled with employees furiously typing away comfortably behind their cubicles. Their trusty Dallas Cowboys coffee mug is nearby, an iPod player sits next to their computer and their cell is always kept handy for… …
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Feb 15 2013
CONSIDER THIS: What we have here is failure to communicate
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s not uncommon for people to feel a little intimidated, even downright threatened by the media. This apprehension usually leads to miscommunication. Simply put, all too often have relatively harmless questions posed to interviewees by reporters elicited reactions that adversely affected the tone of an article. Case in point: …
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Feb 08 2013
CONSIDER THIS: The San Benito News – So good you have to steal it
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com My wife tells me that my eyes widen when I try to tell a lie. What can I say? Honest men make unconvincing liars. It doesn’t help that I usually employ this failed tactic when attempting to camouflage my ulterior motives with a false sense of consideration. For instance, …
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Feb 01 2013
CONSIDER THIS: Nothing mightier than the meek
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I’ve grown quite fond of one particular Twilight Zone episode that, unlike many of the series’ eerie themes, showcases a rather uplifting message. In “Night of the Meek,” Art Carney plays Henry Corwin, a down-on-his-luck department store Santa Claus who never met a bottle of liquor he didn’t like. …
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