Not Comfortable Yet
After over a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that much of society is pining to get back to normal. Texas lifted its...
A Real Alamo
I get it.
As a native Texan, I feel your pain.
I, too, was weaned on comic book versions of the Alamo and the Texian War...
Gridlock
I’m sitting in the dark every night and sweating to the oldies because I don’t want to burden the grid.
The grid that failed us...
A Trek through Trump Country
Heading to Kerrville for a COVID-delayed 90th birthday celebration of my one and only’s father, I was looking forward to wildflowers dotting the fields...
Thinking Critically about Racism in Texas
“A must-attend event!” reads a recent Facebook post by Granbury school district trustee Dr. Paula McDonald.
The topic? Critical Race Theory (CRT), the concept that developed...
The Party of “Abortion” in Texas
It’s ironic that Texas Republicans are so committed to abolishing abortion.
Abortion is their primary modus operandi.
Abortion is basically their chief reason for being.
Every election season,...
“Canceled” or Held Accountable?
Once I became editor of this very fine publication about five years ago, I started receiving the previous editor’s emails or maybe just emails...
Legislative Antics
Legislative Antics
Conservative Texas legislators have until May 31 to show us that they used their time in Austin to restrict women’s access to reproductive...
Don’t Want the Vax? Then Forfeit Medical Care
Here’s an idea. Don’t want the vaccine? Because TFG (The Former Guy) said COVID-19 is a hoax, even though he jumped the line for the...
Thank You, Dear Stranger
For over a year, we have been stuck in a perpetual loop of the same tropes of fear, stories of sadness, and feelings of...
