A Weak Constitution
I love our state. I've canoed the Red River and skinny-dipped in the Pedernales. I've weathered dust storms, snowstorms, hurricanes, and nearly five decades...
Spending the Planet
I'm not a big fan of most conservatives. Historically speaking, they are - to put it bluntly - too often on the wrong side...
The Field Narrows
The presumption that the 2014 governor’s race is between Republican Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott and Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis is just too tough...
Lost in Hospitallandia
After multiple back surgeries and as her arthritis and chronic pain worsened, my wife was able to do less and less, but we still...
Chilling Effect
As part of his continuing effort to deter women from having abortions, Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston has gotten the Texas Senate...
O’Bama
As Barack Obama begins his historic presidency, most are focusing on him being the first African-American elected to the highest office in a country...
Surviving Their Raising
A few weeks back, a 7th-grader who hangs around the neighborhood told my kids that Barack Obama was a stupid Muslim terrorist and that...
No Boundaries
I woke the morning of Dec. 28 to a big surprise. There was an inch of snow on the ground and on my tent....
Hicks’ Reign Has Been a Loser for Texas Rangers.
This was supposed to be a decent year for the Texas Rangers. Team president Nolan Ryan said during spring training that they would win...
Wanted: Poets …
Writer Don DeLillo once wrote that reading poetry makes us conscious of breathing. I can’t imagine a better way to put it.
The first time...
