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The Right’s Dreams of American Apartheid
Posted on July 15, 2012 | 6 CommentsIt’s tragic but not surprising that the election of the nation’s first black president would accelerate a racist, nationwide movement to disenfranchise people of color, the poor and the elderly.... -
Why I Still Love Texas: Guy Clark and His Sidekicks
Posted on March 13, 2012 | 2 CommentsWe went to hear legendary singer/songwriter Guy Clark at the wistfully named One World Theater in the hills west of Austin last night. Clark is ill and in pain, but... -
Immigrants, legal and otherwise, fuel Texas economy, job growth
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Washington Post cites several studies indicating that immigrants, both legal and illegal, account for a good bit of the job growth in Texas. Also, they put more into the... -
Aristotle and the Cyberpoke
Posted on January 3, 2011 | 3 CommentsI’m partial to the desert mountains of West Texas, but on my frequent visits out here I’m always surprised – and touched – by the strong spirit of friendship and... -
Contempt for Democracy: Attacks on Voting Rights
Posted on September 5, 2010 | No CommentsIn Harris County (Houston), Texas, a tea party group called King Street Patriots is engaged in a systematic attack on voting rights. They are working dirty hand in dirty hand... -
Possible Arson and the Right’s Houston Voter Suppression Effort
Posted on August 30, 2010 | 11 CommentsA mysterious fire last Friday destroys all of the voting machines in Harris County (Houston), Texas. Arson investigators have not yet issued an opinion. Meanwhile, a well-funded right-wing group emerges... -
Bars for BP
Posted on May 4, 2010 | No CommentsAs oil continues to gush out of the wellhead more than five thousand feet below the location where the Deepwater Horizon floating drilling platform exploded April 20th, the nation is... -
When Johnny Came Home
Posted on April 28, 2010 | 2 Comments(Author’s note: The president is expanding American presence in Afghanistan. The Iraq war does not appear to be ending any time soon, in spite of significant troop draw downs. I... -
Health Care Reform: It’s Our Turn, Texas!
Posted on April 16, 2010 | 3 CommentsTo read the newly released Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) “Dear State Medicaid Director” letter re: New Option for Coverage of Individuals, click here. “We just passed a... -
Some Notes On the Primary Election: Weak Tea
Posted on March 3, 2010 | 8 CommentsWhile everyone’s talking about the extreme Right’s trashing of Kay Baily Hutchison and Rick Perry’s easy victory, other results seem to indicate the Tea Party is weak (if poisonous) tea...