Politics & Policy
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018
This year, virtually everyone embarrassed themselves—and the rest of us.
Bum Steer
Bum Steers
August 19, 2015
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t Out to Bug You
Bugging out.
The Daily Post
October 18, 2013
Bum Steer: Fire-Prevention Inspectors Start Fire in Tyler Restaurant
Routine maintenance work at On the Border was intended to make sure the kitchen's fire prevention system worked. Two alarms and eight department units later...
January 21, 2013
The Most Baffling Story About the UT Bomb Threat
"Bomb Hoax Hits UT, North Dakota State; Both Oil-Rich Schools," reported Austin's CBS affiliate KEYE before concluding, "There is no official link between the two bomb threats and the campuses' relationships with oil."
January 21, 2013
Breaking Sad: East Texas Chemistry Teacher Busted for Selling Meth
Linden junior high school chemistry teacher William Duncan is arrested for dealing meth, inspiring inevitable Breaking Bad comparisons.
December 2, 2011
Bum Steer of the Week: A Case of Fowl Play Turned Deadly
A man murders a beloved turkey that lived in a New Braunfels park.
Editor's Letter
January 1, 2010
Funny Cha-cha
Not a funny year. The meltdown kept melting down, the collapsing markets kept collapsing, and the downsizing economy kept downsizing. Texas fared better than most states (see “California, disaster in”), but we weren’t immune. In October, the number of unemployed Texans topped one million. In November, the comptroller’s office