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Ravaged by Floods, Texas Deserves Compassion -- but So Did California After Wildfires Jul. 17, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I'm the product of a mixed marriage. My parents are both Mexican American, but the... Read More
No Defense for the Indefensible -- but Trump Team Tries Anyway Jul. 09, 2025
President Donald Trump and his acolytes need to learn that the days of falsely blaming the deep stat... Read More
Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion Jun. 25, 2025
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before ... Read More
Red America Is Making Money Off Green Energy May. 29, 2025
Wyoming is the second windiest state, after Nebraska. It's obvious why the wind power industry is in... Read More
The Royal Threat Behind Trump's Petty Pomposity Jan. 29, 2025
In the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the framers were clear on what they were NOT creating: a mona... Read More
Yes, You Can Fight the Bastards ... and Win! Jan. 22, 2025
It's been my honor to know a few real heroes — people who've selflessly dared to fight greed... Read More
Minors and Porn Jan. 18, 2025
Of course the state has a legitimate interest in preventing minors from accessing porn online that i... Read More
If We Can Reelect Donald Trump, We Can Be Honest About the Alamo Dec. 06, 2024
En route to visit family in South Texas for Thanksgiving, we stopped in San Antonio to enjoy the riv... Read More
Why Louisiana's Kids Won't Listen to Their Pious Governor Jul. 03, 2024
For us Texans, there's nothing new about Bible-thumping politicians bedeviling us with the foolishne... Read More
Someone Needs to Go to Jail May. 24, 2024
The "Australian Ballot" is the ballot Americans know and trust. First used in Australia in 1856, the... Read More
An Anti-Abortion Creep: Worse Than a Snake in the Grass May. 22, 2024
Let me be clear that I mean no disrespect to reptiles when I note that Jonathan Mitchell is a snake.... Read More
Where's George Orwell Today? Texas! Apr. 17, 2024
If you think the GOP's Congress of Clowns represents the fringiest, freakiest pack of politicos that... Read More
Texas and Florida Say the First Amendment Must Be Sacrificed to Save It: Supreme Court Arguments About Two Social Media Laws Highlight a Dangerous Conflation of State and Private Action Feb. 28, 2024
A social media platform is like a telegraph, Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielson told the Supreme ... Read More
Abortion-Ban Extremists Are Using a Slave Law to Repress Women Feb. 21, 2024
Here's our big word of the day: Extraterritoriality. It expresses a sketchy legal theory asserting t... Read More
There Is Chaos at the Border and Finger-Pointing in Congress Feb. 16, 2024
WASHINGTON — How bad is the situation at the Southwest border? I attended a hearing Thursday o... Read More
Dueling Cowboys at Eagle Pass Feb. 08, 2024
There's a standoff in Texas, and it's not between cowboys this time. It's between the Texas National... Read More
Trump Called 'Racist' for Saying 'Invasion' -- Is it Still Racist When Sharpton Says It? Feb. 08, 2024
When former President Donald Trump during his time in office called the massive influx of illegal im... Read More
Yes, America Is Being Invaded Jan. 31, 2024
Across the globe, hostile nations like Russia are using migration as a weapon of war. War is being w... Read More
The 5th Circuit Says Criminalizing Journalism Is Not Obviously Unconstitutional: The Appeals Court Dismissed a Civil Rights Lawsuit by a Laredo Gadfly Who Was Arrested for Asking Questions Jan. 31, 2024
Five years ago, the Harris County, Texas, Institute of Forensic Sciences sent me reports on the auto... Read More
This is THE Most Dangerous Moment in America's History. We Are All Texans Now. Jan. 28, 2024
Now that President Donald Trump has (for all intents and purposes) wrapped up the GOP presidential n... Read More
