Joe Straus Archive

  • LucyFootball

    Springtime Democrats in December

    Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has played her Charlie Brown’s Lucy-and-the-football trick one more time. Nope, she’s not resigning from the Senate. “AAARGH!” shout Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Attorney General Greg Abbott, and various other would-be GOP placekickers who are now forced to cool their heels....

    Full Article

  • train1

    People Get Ready

    I love Texas. I love the Fort Stockton mechanic whose hunger keeps him from scrubbing all the grease from his hands before lunch at the diner. I love the Houston Fifth Ward parents working two jobs each so they can save enough for their three...

    Full Article