| May 14, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyMy state of Texas seems to have an inordinate share of nincompoops in public office. But it’s only fair that office holders from other states be considered before deciding which one is the nincompoopiest of all. Give credit to Pennsylvania, for example, whose...
| Apr 30, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyGosh, it seems like only yesterday that we saw George W. Bush on TV reading The Pet Goat to some second graders. Now he’s all grown up and has an entire , super-duper, king-sized library filled with big books and other neat stuff — all dedicated to him....
| Apr 17, 2013 | Environment / HealthDo you know about “net zero”? That’s the wonky phrase attached to an elegant idea: converting communities to total renewable energy, complete recycling, and a culture of conservation to bring humankind’s carbon footprint into a sustainable...
| Apr 10, 2013 | Environment / HealthTurf wars can be the silliest of all scuffles, and no place does silly with more zeal than Texas. For example, the fine people of Dallas recently fell into a doozy of a turf tussle between the natives and foreigners — and the foreigners are winning. The...
| Mar 13, 2013 | Environment / HealthIn 2009, an interim Texas school superintendent declared that sex-education classes were unnecessary in his rural district. Most of the area’s school kids live on farms, he explained, therefore: “They get a pretty good sex education from their...
