Congrats on the New Job
In 1979, when we knew very little about the way human activities affect global climate, independent scientist James Lovelock warned that the sheer scale...
No Flood of Money
A few weeks ago, President Bush made a speech in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, an area particularly hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina. Bush said New...
Desperation Play
In trying to pull his presidential campaign out of a nosedive, Gov. Rick Perry is escalating his attack on all things Washington. His latest...
Global Swarming
Last week when I went online, Yahoo had listed, among the day's lead stories, one about a cookbook showing how to change your diet...
Fools Rush In
The Texas Legislature will hold hearings this year on the supposed benefits of our state storing the very hottest type of radioactive waste. Only...
Fighting for Sanity
In the last few years the number of suicides involving active-duty American troops has skyrocketed. In addition to engaging the enemy, a growing number...
Put Up or Shut Up
President Barack Obama visited Texas last week for some fundraisers and a speech at Austin’s Paramount Theater.
Gov. Rick Perry, apparently making another run for...
War on Sag
Haven’t we been through this before? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service. Even an irreverent shirtless, shoeless hippie from the 1960s got the message...
The War Against Women
"I'd rather see you dead, little girl/than to be with another man ... ." (Lennon/McCartney) The new year is only a few days old,...
Literary Villains
A Cleburne group wants "clean" reading for kids but fights dirty.
By Josh Berthume
I grew up in Cleburne, and the news that a group of...
