Politics & Policy
March 6, 2024
Why Is Texas the Epicenter of Christian Nationalism?
Billionaires here are funding right-wing politicians to knock down barriers between church and state. But a small countermovement is now rising to meet them.
David Barton
Politics & Policy
October 31, 2013
David Barton to Challenge John Cornyn?
The evangelical leader's candidacy would be enough to cause major heartburn among the GOP establishment in Texas.
Politics & Policy
June 6, 2012
Two Texans Make List of Radical Right Wingers to Watch
David Barton and Alex Jones landed on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of the thirty members of the radical right to watch.
Politics & Policy
April 7, 2012
Conservatives continue push for winner-take-all primary
The Texas Eagle Forum has upped the ante for the May 29 Texas presidential primary. Five prominent conservatives have signed a TEF e-mail headlined “Texas’ role in choosing the president.” It calls for a winner-take-all Republican presidential primary, rather than awarding the state’s 155 delegates based on proportionality, as stipulated
Politics & Policy
February 18, 2011
An odd moment in the sonogram debate
I was sitting in the Senate gallery yesterday, listening to the debate over the sonogram bill, when Dan Patrick said something that got my attention. He said that he had asked Speaker Straus to recommend someone to carry the sonogram bill, and Straus had recommended Geanie Morrison. He repeated this
Politics & Policy
December 1, 2008
The Speaker’s Race: Shock and Awful
Things are about to get ugly in the speaker’s race. The Craddick forces, led by several longtime loyalists (I want to run another check on the names), are trying to stir up a coordinated campaign to put pressure on wavering colleagues to vote for Craddick. According to credible reports I