And so begins the fourth generation: George P. Bush, the eldest son of former Florida governor Jeb Bush and nephew of former president George W. Bush, is running for Texas land commissioner in 2014. Bush had already announced that he intended to run for statewide...
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Happy independence, Texas. It's almost criminal that this song wasn't played over the credits of the final episode of Friday Night Lights... ...[Erik]. In light of yesterday's exposure of paid.
A bunch of conservative Texas groups are taking history departments at the University of Texas and Texas A&M to task because they supposedly talk too much about race, class, and.
The other day, Scott mentioned the absurd yet pervasive idea that Karl Rove is a political supergenius. Particularly bizarre to me is the idea that he played an important role in moving Texas from the Democrats to the Republicans. See this Washington Post piece: Rove’s...
Excellent story about a reporter in Williamson County, Texas (deep red suburbs north of Austin) trying to vote with a utility bill as an ID. Mind you, Texas doesn't require.
I'm impressed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's bluster about arresting international election monitors coming to his state to observe the upcoming presidential election. I'm not sure what actual law.
I had a fairly good sense of violence against white opponents of secession in Texas during the early period of the Civil War, including the massacre of German settlers as they attempted to flee to Mexico. I was somewhat aware of the hangings at Gainesville,...
This is the greatest weather report in history: Onion Weather Center: Arizona Heatwave Forces Temporary Suspension Of Racial Profiling The best part is when they hope for tornadoes to destroy.
The Texas Republican Party announced its 2012 platform. This is otherwise known as the standard Republican policy narrative circa 2015. It is very special. So special that no one can.
Connecticut need not worry about Texas trying to steal its nickname. Because the Lone Star state does not care about the Constitution except for its grotesquely expansive view of the 2nd Amendment. In the fall, Sissy Bradford took a public stand -- unpopular with many...
Ruben Navarrette suffers from the condition known as Beltwayitis. It's when pundits and politicians hang out together all the time without ever discussing anything of substance that might get in.
The Republican War on Women reaches Texas on International Women's Day. The Texas state legislature reduced its already meager funding of women's health by 2/3 last October, leading to the.