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Aye, Them That Were Pirates Were the Lucky Ones
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 2 CommentsHenry Morgan, Jean Laffite and other pirates were way ahead of us on health care, on curbing income disparity, on building relationships of trust and friendship among themselves. Feel a... -
An Open Letter to My Republican Friends
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 24 CommentsIt is time you publicly denounced the anger and racism that’s being intentionally stoked in hopes of defeating health care reform and building GOP turnout for the 2010 elections. I... -
The Next Generation: A Texas Writer Finds Her People
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 4 CommentsI went to then Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith’s house to celebrate the release of Stephen Harrigan’s brilliant novel Challenger Park. I hoped to have my book signed and maybe... -
“When Good Men Do Nothing”
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 1 CommentMy friend Dirk Hamilton, a big-hearted American singer-songwriter who sees through walls and into souls, takes off from a bit of wisdom some attribute to Edmund Burke, but which can... -
March of the Idiots
Posted on September 15, 2009 | 10 CommentsIn an effort to stir further feelings of victimhood in a vast flock of Americans made cross-eyed by their credulity, Pastor Ray Mummert said, “We are being attacked by the... -
Will Hubble Telescope Find DogCanyon?
Posted on September 15, 2009 | No CommentsThe Hubble Telescope was reborn the day DogCanyon launched. Auspicious, as they say. At least for us. Here are some of the first pictures. As explained at HubbleSite.org: Topping the... -
Barber Shops and the Shave
Posted on September 14, 2009 | 1 CommentMy father, retired Travis County District Judge Pete Lowry, says his first memory is of getting a haircut at the barbershop. A barber lathered the face of the grown man... -
Did GOP know Joe Wilson Scream Was Coming?
Posted on September 14, 2009 | 8 CommentsThere’s something mighty strange about the immediate reaction of those listening as U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson screamed “you lie” at President Barack Obama. Look at these pictures. Now, all of... -
Bigger Fish to Fry
Posted on September 13, 2009 | No CommentsIn O Brother, Where Art Thou, Delmar gets saved, but Everett’s on the riverbank with the rest of us. Perspective. It’s everything. Delmar: “Well that’s it boys. I’ve been redeemed.... -
The Open Door — The Character of Our Country
Posted on September 13, 2009 | No CommentsDeep into his speech Wednesday night, President Barack Obama spoke of “the character of our country,” a phrase he took from the deathbed letter of Sen. Ted Kennedy. The president...