Myra Jolivet, SMPS - Texas Outlaw Writers

Balance? We Don’t Need no Stinking Balance. We Need Truth

Our political system is now a kaleidoscope of normalized destructive lies because of misguided editorial decisions to seek balance vs truth.

Election

Let’s Not Forget About the Other Threat to Democracy: The Gerrymander

Ninety-five percent of the 4 million newcomers to Texas are people of color, half of whom identify as Latino. Yet, the growing number of people of color in Texas is not growing in their ability to choose who represents them.

education

Weapons of Class Destruction: Education wars for Power and Mind control

Attempts to hide or manipulate information and truth are not new. This is the weapon of choice by those who want to control the minds, actions, finances, and lives of others.

Trump

2024: The Year We Learn the Truth About America

"The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness." -George Washington, January 9, 1790 (Hold your breath George, we might have to shelve this quote).

environment

We’re on The Eve of (Self) Destruction

We can look into one billboard-sized mirror and see the origins of most of life’s ills. And here’s the pun…it’s not new news that humans, not magic, are the lead source of misery and destruction.

Trump

Face it, Our Laws are Anemic

Is the U.S. Constitution powerless to protect us from a presidential candidate with four criminal indictments? If so, why?

Health Care

Bad News is Bad News for Your Mind and Body - Laugh it Off

From the Mayo Clinic to Harvard and institutions around the world, the study of laughter’s impact on human health is documented. The results are the same; laughter heals mind and body.

national politics

In Celebration of The Badass-ness of Indigenous Peoples

somehow humans have managed to contaminate land and the atmosphere, the same land that went unharmed for thousands of years with Indigenous inhabitants. Some of the most educated among us now look to them for answers.

national politics

Mastering the Art of the Lie

In the dark shadows of their inhumanity our only light comes from the media members and other public communicators who still have the courage to pull back the proverbial curtain and reveal the wizard leader of lies is not all-powerful but mostly bullshit and a little smoke.

national politics

Does this Country Have to Breakdown to be Fixed?

For more than two centuries, we have been standing on documents assuming they provided an impenetrable foundation only to learn that we’re floating on a leaky life raft.

national politics

Another Word We Need to Stop Using: Debate

I saw clips of a predictable unruly, shouting match that lacked the dignity of a bar room brawl. As a result, I’m sick and tired of the loose use of the word, "debate."

Culture

The “Meaning” of America: Doubling Down on Cruelty

“Sometimes I think we should all have bumper stickers that read, Stop Worshipping Assholes. But I’m not sure most people can agree on the characteristics of an asshole.“

Racism

Colorism: Racism’s Twisted Sibling

“I remember a time when I too felt unbeautiful. . .. I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin. And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned..."

Civil Rights

The ACLU: The OG Defenders of Liberty, Still Fighting Today

A million + members today, 500 staff attorneys, and thousands more volunteer in ACLU offices nationwide. They stand up to injustice using the Constitution as their shield. The right-wing efforts to turn America into a fascist nation keep them in business. But it’s the work they’re used to doing.

Culture

There Ain’t Nothin’ New

"There are recurrent types of people who will return to their folly as a dog to his vomit. They play the same roles and do similar things every 80 years, according to the theory." Rinse. Repeat.

national politics

Immoral Dilemma

People who believe it’s okay to force women to have babies, to cheat fellow humans out of jobs, homes, and opportunities, or to shove children to their deaths in bodies of water, evidently operate from a belief system that people who look like them are valuable and those who don’t are not.

Racism

What’s Worse than Voter Suppression? How About No Elections, Just Pass the Office on to Friends and Family

A Tiny Alabama town is a blast from an evil, ignorant, and hateful past. A federal lawsuit is attempting to clean it up.

Journalism

Believe it or not, There IS Good News! And we must hear about it. Our health depends on it.

Exhausted with all the doom dumping? It’s time for some good news. It’s important to know what’s happening, but it’s also just as important to take a break from it. How about some good news!

Texas Politics

Don’t Kid Yourself, Houston. You’re Under Attack

The upcoming mayoral race in Houston may seem like business as usual on the surface, but this race is a fight to land the final blows to Houston’s blue ways and take full MAGA-red control of the most diverse, internationally relevant, Democratic-leaning city in Texas.

Technology

Is it a Duel, a Clash of Gladiators, or a Freak Show? Will Tech Titans Really Fight in a Cage? Seriously?

If two tech titans abandon their dignity in order to get into a ring to fight; what do we call it besides pathetic? Would the Musk-Zuck Thrilla in Vanilla Be a Duel or More like Gladiators?

Black History

Juneteenth: The Recognition of Individual Freedoms

President Biden signed Juneteenth into law making it a federal holiday. The “back story” of this celebration, serves as a poignant reminder of how fragile freedom can be, especially at a time when personal liberties are being challenged in Texas and other red states.

Trump

Extremists are Not Conservatives by Definition, They’re Just Evil…by Definition

If evil lasts for a long time, it will become a tradition. (Igbo Proverb, southeast Nigeria)

environment

Revenge? or Do Orcas Just Wanna Have Fun?

This whale of a story is about more than ship-beating orcas, it’s about the imbalance we cause on the planet. If the orcas are performing payback, it’s time for us to pay attention.

Culture

What’s on the Back of Your Business Card? Every day we feed the life we live and the impact we’ll leave

Two unrelated events took me back to a special experience created by an extraordinary man. It reminded me that what we do and who we are might not be the same thing but are extensions of us.

Religion

Is it Time for Churches to Pay Taxes?

When it comes to churches that act like political action committees, I think we should continue to ask; why hasn’t their tax-exempt status been revoked or at least challenged by the IRS on a grand scale?

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