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Congressman Charlie Wilson »
Charlie served his district and his state well, and he never tried to hide his shortcomings, and he was a good friend. A lot of people would settle for that as an epitaph.
February 2010 by Paul Burka
The 2010 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of accomplice apes, bedraggled Bugattis, Christlike Cheetos, dim-witted deli-owning Democrats, egregious errata, fatal foreplay, gun-toting golfers, heartless high school hoopsters, ignoble implants, jackass judges, killer Kims, laughingstock legislators, miniature museum mummies, nincompoop ne’er-do-wells, overwhelming odors, pandering Perry, quazy Quaids, reassuring Riddle, shameless Stanford, territorial T. Boone, useful urine, vituperative vixens, weaponized waitresses, x-alted XXX clubs, yolky yahoos, and zero-tolerance zealots.
January 2010
Post-Office »
Has it only been one year since George W. Bush left the White House? A snapshot of the forty-third president and his inner circle at the height of their power.
January 2010 by Brian D. Sweany
Short Cuts: Episode II
The Texas governor's race in under two minutes.
January 2010
The Terminator »
Rick Perry’s record nine years in the Governor’s Mansion have made the office more powerful than ever before. That’s why we need term limits.
December 2009 by Paul Burka
Wealth Care »
Why does our health insurance system treat a small part of the Rio Grande Valley differently from the rest of the state?
December 2009 by Patricia Kilday Hart
The Great White Hope »
During his three terms in office, Houston’s Bill White has been one of the most popular big-city mayors in America. Now he’s just the latest in a long line of Texas Democrats trying to win a statewide election. What makes Mayor Bill think he can break a fifteen-year losing streak?
December 2009 by S. C. Gwynne
Seeing Red »
One year after President Obama’s election, what does the world look like in the county that voted against him more overwhelmingly than any other?
November 2009 by Paul Burka
Newspaper Days »
Once upon a time, Molly Ivins was just a kid from River Oaks with an internship at the Houston Chronicle. Her time there set her on the path to becoming the most famous firebrand in Texas.
November 2009 by Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith
Cap and Tirade »
Especially in Texas, the fight over carbon restrictions might make health care reform look like, well, a tea party.
November 2009 by Paul Burka
There but for the Grace of God
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
November 2009
TRANSCRIPT: “Very Few People Get off of Texas Death Row Alive” »
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
November 2009 by Michael Hall
The Reaper Doth Protest Too Much »
When the president visited Texas A&M, the opposition was waiting.
November 2009 by Lauren Wolf
Short Cuts: Episode I
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Texas governor’s race—in under three minutes.
November 2009
Texas High Ways »
A growing chorus of unlikely voices, from the El Paso City Council to the Arizona attorney general, has called for a serious look at legalizing marijuana. Why Texas should lead the way.
October 2009 by William Martin
Don Yarborough’s Texas »
It was an era when segregation and civil rights were still issues and liberals had a base from which to run. That Texas is gone.
October 2009 by Paul Burka
Memo to Kay »
Even someone who supports the death penalty, as you do, can and should be up in arms over the Cameron Willingham case.
October 2009 by Michael Hall
Lowe and Behold »
An open letter to the lucky new chair of the most dysfunctional agency in Texas, the State Board of Education.
September 2009 by Paul Burka
The End of The Affair »
Everyone was shocked when San Angelo’s hugely popular mayor suddenly left town with his gay lover. Everyone, that is, except the citizens of San Angelo.
September 2009 by John Spong
Revolutionary Kind »
Daniel Miller, the president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, is a proud secessionist. And the tea parties were just the beginning for this true believer.
September 2009 by Nate Blakeslee
Dream of a Common Language. Sueño de un Idioma Común. »
The future of Texas depends on how well we are able to educate kids who can’t speak English. Has an elementary school in El Paso figured out the best way to do it?
September 2009 by Nate Blakeslee
An Open Letter »
If you’re not part of my health care solution, you’re part of my problem.
August 2009
White Elephant »
The most formidable candidate in the race for Houston’s next mayor may be the outgoing chief himself.
August 2009 by Mimi Swartz
Hullabaloo »
Rick Perry is the first Aggie governor in history. But as the current crisis shows, he’s been nothing but trouble for Texas A&M.
August 2009 by Paul Burka
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