Worst Person In The World
About 20 years ago, there was a program entitled ”Countdown” with Keith Olbermann which featured an ending segment, “Worst Person In the World”.
They need...
Opinion: How Conservative Evangelicals Got Where They Are Politically, and What To Do
With many waiting to see if 2020 will be the year Texas turns blue, Republicans — and particularly those connected to the far right...
Difficult Conversations About ‘The Knee’ Necessary to Move Texas Forward
What’s it going to take? Black men — and those who care for us — are choking on these words. What’s it going to...
Texans in the Black Hats
Almost every news story and op-ed since last week is dissecting the Harris-Trump debate.
The laudatory mentions and the most recent polls make it appear...
Night Of The Ragers
“Ragers,” rapper Travis Scott calls his passionate, energetic fans. In April the ragers bought all 100,000 tickets to the two days of Astroworld 2021....
In 2022, Run Away From the Enlightenment Peddlers
Every January 1, we resolve to do certain things. Our success in meeting those goals is intended to transform our lives, so perhaps it’s...
Richard III, Greg Abbott, and the Habit of Forgetting
“Now is the winter of our discontent…” So spoke Richard III in William Shakespeare’s play; true in 1483 and true now.
Richard III is the...
Texas: Business, Standard of Living, Quality of Life
One of the conditions of growing older is that we all become more reflective about life; not just for ourselves, but for others. There...
Austin’s Geothermal Opportunity: Clean Energy Leadership Meets Job Creation
If you had the opportunity to be at the forefront of energy innovation, would you take it? I've been a union electrician for 10...
All Is Merry and Bright…Or Not
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, but hope can drive you insane as well. Hope is a contradiction in terms,...
