Health Care Torches, Pitchforks, and Bullets There haven't been a lot of expressions of sympathy for the murder victim on social media. - from either the left or the right. What irony if the mob-style hit of an exec of a insurance corporation that is widely seen as predatory is the act that brings the nation together.
Immigration Trump's Folly "On day one,” Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said during a visit to the border, “President Trump will marshal every lever of power to secure the border, protect their communities, and launch the largest mass deportation operation of illegal immigrant criminals in history."
sports Football? Hell No, Son! I would have loved having a son - playing catch, and working with him on his baseball skills, or reminding him his grandfather was a state champion pole vaulter, but there would come that day. He would want to play football.
Food Turkeys that Kill* It seems that "food scientists" have come up with a new scare. Washing your turkey. That's right, rinsing off Big Bird in your sink can be fatal. The TeeVee lady said so!
Election A Duty to Warn Joe Kennedy ALLEGEDLY bought off the mob in Chicago to assure JFK's victory. he U.S. Supreme Court gave Bush the win when recounts in Florida were shut down. And now there's Donald Trump...
Trump How Much is That DOGE in the Window? Cut science and medical research? Musk won't touch the NASA budget. But the medical side? Well, between RFK, Jr's brain worm and Dr. Oz, we could make measles great again.
Trump if Ken Burns did a Trump Documentary “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Election Angry America Republicans get votes during strong economies because “voters are more willing to take risks and therefore more likely to elect Republicans, who favor lower taxes.” Americans believe the myth that Republicans are better for jobs, economy, and taxes and Democrats are big spenders and bigger taxers.
personal stories To Lose a Dog We've all been there. It doesn't make it hurt less. But there isn't a better representation of all that is good than a family dog.
Election Surprise! and Welcome Trump 2.0! It was awful, and as all of our progressive friends are wringing their hands and rightfully telling us, 'it's gonna get awfuller.'
Abortion How I Voted A few weeks after Ma had the procedure, whatever it might have been, the local newspaper ran a story about an abortion doctor in Saginaw who had been arrested for running a clinic out of a motel. Pictures were of dark filthy rooms with trash and rumpled blankets and tossed bloody towels.
Election America, You Amaze Me Sometimes When the phrase "Hobson's Choice" doesn't begin to cover it.
Election' TX Outlaw Writers: We Endorse... Shouldn't The Outlaws take a principled stand and endorse a candidate? We're not the type to sell out! I mean, we're willing to hear an offer, but you can count on us to do the right thing! (How much did you say again?)
Texas Politics What's the Matter with Texas? “The rest of this country’s lost its goddamned mind,” I heard one of them say. “They say he is gonna win again.” "I’d sure as hell let him know we don’t like the idea of no damn n****r in our White House. Don’t matter how much time he spent at Harvard, he’s still a n****r and it ain’t right.”
Election Too Little, Too Late to Change This The inflation that occurred during and after the pandemic when supply chains imploded, hasn't completely come down. Since supply is not the issue, one might reasonably ask, why? And more importantly, what can Trump or Harris do about it?
Election A Turbulent and Troubled Land "We refuse to own our history, to learn from it, and cannot know who we truly are as a people or what binds us as a nation, because we have been hiding from ourselves for too long."
Trump the girlfriend rule Which of your friends has gone to the Dark Side, politically speaking? Use the same observational skills you used when trying to get a deeper understanding of that attractive date you brought to meet your pals.
Trump Another Week in Political Paradise "To anyone new to this country trying to figure out our political decision-making practices, I simply want to apologize. It didn't used to be this way."
Election Donny is Done The most confounding element of this election is the ability of the MAGAts to listen to Trump speak and still consider giving him their vote. His speeches are filled with his strange non-sequiturs and speech pathologies that would have him sent to a rest home by most families.
Election Don't Argue! I Know What I Know! "Why are so many of us impervious to actual facts? Why do we simply take someone's word for anything, particularly when shown they are wrong? By wrong, I mean lying."
Energy Texas's Wobbly Marriage to Oil and Gas "The state has been flirting with some of those new-fangled energy sources. And maybe more than flirting, lately, we've jumped into bed with an eager, renewable energy mistress."
Music The Pilgrim/Chapter 34 "I've always thought “Bobby McGee” was suffused with immortality. The story defined America - 2 lovers wandering the roads trying to discover their country and each other. I wanted that life, writing and drifting, and Kristofferson became the thematic soundtrack of my dreams, and then my actions."
So Many Idiots, So Little Time Please, Lord, let me write about the Texans. So sorry, between today and November 5th, and maybe sometime afterward if we get more inbred yahoos gathered at the capitol, it will be tough to write about anything but politics.
War The Last Battle of Rudy Gonzalez “My grandparents and aunt never accepted Uncle Rudy’s death,” Rudy’s nephew Jerry Gonzalez said. “They hoped, prayed, and believed that one day he was going to come home, walk through their front door. Every day they woke with fresh faith. Every day for decades.