Politics & Policy
May 16, 2022
Donald Trump Had Nothing New to Say in Austin. His Fellow Speakers Did.
The former president played the usual hits at a rally Saturday, but rock musician Ted Nugent found new lows.
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Politics & Policy
November 8, 2016
Glenn Beck, Ted Nugent, And The Texas Conservative Identity
What does Texas conservatism look like after the election is over?
Politics & Policy
March 7, 2014
Bio Hazard
Campaigns get complicated when politics and gender collide. Just ask Wendy Davis.
The Daily Post
February 24, 2014
Did We Just Witness the End of Ted Nugent’s Political Relevance?
The Motor City Madman has been called many things over the past few decades, but until last week, you couldn't call him phony.
Politics & Policy
February 19, 2014
What Ted Nugent Tells Us About Greg Abbott
The man expected to become the next governor of Texas shows that he lacks political judgment.
Music
January 29, 2014
Ted Nugent Will Be Speaking at a League City Event For Veterans, Which Means Controversy Has Already Ensued
The controversy-courting Motor City Madman has donated his speaking/rocking services to the "Salute to Heroes Patriot Dinner and Concert" in April, which will raise funds for a New Braunfels non-profit that builds homes for disabled veterans, and he's got—you guessed it—some strong words for those who would criticize that appearance.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
No More “Ted Nugent’s Gun Country” on the Discovery Channel
Unlike the NRA, “Uncle Ted” did not go quiet or show any signs of softening his stance on guns after last week’s Newtown shooting.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Nuge’s Stranglehold
Ted Nugent, the unrepentant hunter and right-wing activist, grabs the media's attention with his political rhetoric, landing appearances on the Texas Tribune and CBS This Morning.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
The Secret Service Will Be Visiting Ted Nugent
The rocker sticks to his not-so-metaphorical guns, saying the reaction to his comments about President Obama make him like "a black Jew at a Nazi-Klan rally."
Feature
January 21, 2013
Ted or Alive
In the late seventies, Ted Nugent (a.k.a. “the Nuge” or “Uncle Ted”) had the country’s biggest hard-rock touring act—a wild-ass blend of in-your-face energy, obscene language, and a well-placed loincloth. Now he’s the country’s biggest gun rights advocate—and all that’s changed is the loincloth.
Music
January 21, 2013
Ted Nugent’s Truck
The musician shows us some of his gear.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
Ted Nugent
“Political correctness really is a mental disorder.”
Politics & Policy
April 17, 2012
Ted Nugent Puts Obama in His Sights
Stumping for Mitt Romney at the NRA convention, the rock star proclaims that he "will either be dead or in jail by this time next year" if President Barack Obama is reelected.
Politics & Policy
February 8, 2010
At the Palin-Perry rally
I drove to Houston for the rally yesterday. The event was held at a huge complex called the Richard E. Berry Educational Support center on Barker-Cypress Road in northwest Houston. The surrounding area is entirely outside the Houston city limits and is unincorporated. A colleague at Texas Monthly who lives
Feature
May 31, 2005
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
In the state with the nation’s most celebrated concealed carry law, is it any wonder that the annual convention of pistol packers, peddlers, and promoters was number one with a bullet?