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Rescue Border Towns and Taxpayers With 'Remain in Mexico' Apr. 17, 2019
President Donald Trump scored a win on Friday when a federal appeals court gave a temporary green li... Read More
Democrats Look Forward by Looking Inland Mar. 19, 2019
In Texas, most politicians used to worry only about the primaries. Once they won their party's endor... Read More
Just Say 'No' to the Corporate Bribe Racket Feb. 20, 2019
The richest man in the world, who heads one of the world's largest and richest corporations, is also... Read More
A Bountiful Harvest Takes Work Feb. 13, 2019
Campaigns end on Election Day. Movements don't. Voting day is a time stamp for measuring our progres... Read More
One Deadly Drug Raid, Two Red Herrings: Neither Gun Control nor Uncritical Support of the Police Can Stop Violence Required by War on Drugs Feb. 06, 2019
After a drug raid killed a middle-aged couple and injured five narcotics officers in Houston last we... Read More
We Don't Like Anybody, Do We? Jan. 22, 2019
As the luminous Texas writer John Graves observed a few years back: "The Unco Guid and the Rigidly R... Read More
Become 100 Percent Texan! Jan. 11, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I have a problem. Although it's not earth-shattering, I would like your comments. I'm a... Read More
FEMA Wasting Money Dec. 27, 2018
Mention the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Florida, and you're sure to get a variety of resp... Read More
The Costs to Society from Pollution Dec. 12, 2018
Big oil companies are already on record that climate change is real, but here's some real evidence. ... Read More
Midterms: Republicans Had a Great Story to Tell -- and It Staved Off Disaster Nov. 08, 2018
As expected, Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives. But the much-anticipated "b... Read More
The Only Remarkable Thing About Beto O'Rourke Is How Much the Media Love Him Oct. 19, 2018
Despite my best efforts, I know exactly what Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke's post-punk indie band f... Read More
Cruz'in Toward Victory Oct. 16, 2018
There are tides in the affairs of men, we are reliably assured, which, taken at the flood, lead on t... Read More
Even Birth Control Is Under Attack Oct. 11, 2018
There was a time when Republicans and Democrats generally agreed that access to birth control was a ... Read More
Sign of the Times: Texas' GOP Cavalry May Need to Stay Home to Guard Ted Cruz Sep. 18, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas — Rick Potter knows campaign signs don't vote, but when an overwhelming amount o... Read More
Rename Austin Over Slavery? How About Washington? Aug. 02, 2018
I grew up in Austin, Texas. At least that's what we called it then. I've often said that after all t... Read More
A First Step for Prison Reform May. 23, 2018
Recently, I attended the White House Prison Reform Summit. The fact that both the president and the ... Read More
It Didn't Use to Be This Way May. 22, 2018
One telling detail keeps escaping the men and women of words who would end school shootings by one e... Read More
Which Politicians Look Like Their Home State? May. 12, 2018
West Virginia — which, between 2015 and 2016, was the only state to see both more deaths than ... Read More
Teachers With Guns Apr. 25, 2018
What should be done about school shootings? After the horrible shooting in Parkland, Florida, Presi... Read More
The Fraudulent Case for the Border Wall Dec. 07, 2017
One night last month, a Border Patrol officer in southwest Texas was killed and his partner seriousl... Read More
