McALLEN, Feb. 24 - Michael Martin Murphy’s country music hit 'Radio Land' has one of those song lines that invade your thoughts and dreams with profoundness.

BROWNSVILLE, Jan. 10 - Poet and political commentator Eugene "Gene" Novogrodsky of Brownsville is a regular contributor to the Guardian.

BROWNSVILLE, Dec. 27 – Rio Grande Valley political commentator Eugene "Gene" Novogrodsky has penned a poem on the detention of norteño music legend Ramón Ayala.

EDINBURG, Dec. 9 – Last Saturday’s drug cartel-related killings in the popular Mexican tourist town of Nuevo Progreso shocked local residents.

McALLEN, JULY 13 - Three generations of family coming out of a manhole. A son worried for his father crossing the treacherous desert from Mexico into the United States. The mounting danger for federal agents on the border.