Mike Vance

MichaelV was a government major at UT Austin and promptly used that knowledge to go into a career in stand-up comedy, acting, pool hustling and script writing.

personal stories

Rest Easy John Nova Lomax

"I’m of the opinion that the loss of John’s writing and his sheer doggedness in following the rabbit trails of a good story equates to a loss for all of Texas, whether the state knows that or not."

Texas Country

Good Cowboy Boots. Yet Another Plus for Texas

I write about the artful thing of beauty that is the cowboy boot. While I fully understand that today’s Texas is a giant cosmopolitan state where almost 40% of our citizens no longer ride horses for work or feel quite so free to spit indoors, manly footwear still comes with a riding heel.

national politics

Fourth of July Reflections

"Stop your non-productive whining. Yes, there has been a series of giant steps backward. It is NOT, as thousands of tweets would have you believe, “the lowest point in our nation’s history” nor “the end of our republic” nor, for that matter, is it the worst of anything in our American past."

Texas Politics

Focus Your Outrage Because This is All Your Fault

The current Texas plantation holders may rarely admit it publicly, but they are as scared as their 1860 counterparts that there will be an uprising...

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