Opinion
Musings: Truth, Justice, Texas
What will it take to get Texas Republicans to just tell the truth? It’s something I’ve wondered about with a ...Op-Ed: It’s time for the Green New Deal in the fossil fuel capital of the ...
Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Ike. The 2015 Memorial Day Floods. Hurricane Harvey. The 2019 ITC Chemical Plant Fire. And now the ...Musings: Greg Abbott Doesn’t Care if You Die
I usually try to be a little more clever with the titles to these columns, but yesterday’s news deserves to ...Musings: On the Road in the State of Denial
They stuck out like sore thumbs, just like the dilapidated houses often found at the end of their gravel driveways. ...Musings: Greg Abbott and the Failed State
When I first moved to Texas and was learning about the political systems and power structures of the Lone Star ...Musings: Ted Cruz Takes Cancun
In this space on Tuesday, I said Governor Greg Abbott has exhibited a depraved indifference for the lives of Texans ...Musings: Greg Abbott Fails Texas
I’m sure many of you spent some time wondering and researching the latest GOP policy failure to wreak havoc on ...Musings: What’s a rolling blackout?
Chances are if you’re reading this you may be sitting in your car, engine running and heater blasting, because the ...Musings: The Horror and Hope of Impeachment
Like many of you, I’ve had to force myself not to vomit or cry several times this week watching the ...Op-Ed: Extremists pushed me out of Afghanistan, but they won’t dim my love for America
Last month, when I watched fanatical Trump supporters and white supremacists storm the United States Capitol, I was reminded of ...Musings: Allen West and TX GOP Eye the Texits
At the risk of opening a Pandora’s box that I’ll soon regret, could any thinking Texan that supports seceding from ...Musings: How to Beat Greg Abbott
Last week’s social media showdown between Governor Greg Abbott and a refreshed but angry Beto O’Rourke still has Texas abuzz, ...