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Humankind at the Light Switch
The ocean is a prairie with its life underground and a perfect disguise above. About 18,000 short years ago, before the glaciers and continental...
She Can See His Hair From There
It's hard to imagine who would be a worse governor, incumbent Republican Rick Perry or Republican challenger U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Unless, gosh...
Bad Boys of Summer
It's September and the Texas Rangers are once again circling the drain, so it must be time for my annual column on why this...
Tree Fight Resprouts
When trees along the Trinity River across from Colonial Country Club fell to gas drillers' saws last month, many who had fought to save...
Put Out the Tommy Lee Traps
This summer, a Static colleague who lives in the boonies found himself dealing with a minor rat infestation. Like anybody else creeped out by...
Put Out the Tommy Lee Traps
This summer, a Static colleague who lives in the boonies found himself dealing with a minor rat infestation. Like anybody else creeped out by...
Big Bang Theory
A hundred years ago, it wasn't unusual for cowboys, boozers, and gamblers to yank pistols out of their holsters and start blasting away in...
After the Storm I
Trying to decipher what happens in the closing days of the Texas Legislature is like being picked up by a tornado and dropped in...
As Smoke Goes By
Yes, folks, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is shocked to find there is gambling going on in this establishment. The "establishment" here, of...
Obama and the Gulag
The whole system that allowed torture must be repudiated, not just Guantanamo.
In his first week in office, President Barack Obama announced the closure of...
