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If I were asking the questions...

If I were asking the questions...

Stop beating around the bush folks, and hold their feet to the fire.

Somebody to Look Down On

Somebody to Look Down On

“And that’s what just kills me,” George said. “I gotta go to bed every night now for the next four goddamn years thinkin’ about a n***er in my White House. What the hell is wrong with this country?”

Texas Outlaw Writers Podcast Premiere!

Texas Outlaw Writers Podcast Premiere!

Hey Texas Outlaw Writers subscribers! We are super excited to announce our first official podcast (with the whole gang!) We got together yesterday before the debate and shot the breeze about the upcoming election. We also introduced ourselves, gave a bit of our backgrounds, and just had a great time

Greg Abbott Is Positively Livid!

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Greg Abbott Is Positively Livid!

Ron DeSantis was damned if he was going to let Greg Abbott be a bigger jerk than he was. His ability to steal Abbott’s thunder is a sign of his prominence in the 2024 presidential conversation.

The Least of These

The Least of These

“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges.” - President George Washington

Those Darn Words

Those Darn Words

"Without a deep dive into the history of censorship, I'm guessing church people, politicians and zealots of all stripes have been trying to stamp down the idea of books and thoughts for all."

Living La Politica Loca

Living La Politica Loca

"There may still be some who think that Roe vs Wade is the pitching match up for tonight's Astros game, but for everyone else, it has been a firestorm that has motivated women voters like nothing since Ted Cruz's face first appeared on a campaign poster."

"You'd Do It For Randolph Scott."

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"You'd Do It For Randolph Scott."

How many sheriffs around the country belong to the lawmen's version of the Oath Keepers? One number floated around is 4500 dues-paying members, out of 3006 counties in the US. Given that the Oath Keepers began in Granbury, I think we can assume there are quite a few in our fair state.

Ann Richards and the Lost Eagle

Ann Richards and the Lost Eagle

The center of attention was a woman, the governor of the state of Texas, who had just released an American bald eagle from her leather-sheathed and extended arm. She'd made plans to raft Santa Elena Canyon with friends before returning to Austin. “Why don’t y’all come along?” She was speaking to us.

Suffer the Little Children to Pay Unto Me

Suffer the Little Children to Pay Unto Me

Student loan debt now totals $1.59 Trillion dollars, a $14 billion increase from this time last year. The average undergrad leaves school with $25,000 in debt at an interest rate of between 5 and 8%. Factor in grad, medical or law school, and the numbers become astronomical.

It's Only Words

It's Only Words

"I want to know that if a person who laughs about 19 school kids being obliterated by what amounts to a military-grade weapon is not a motherfucker, then who is?"

How Can I Miss You If You Won't Leave?

How Can I Miss You If You Won't Leave?

I was approached by a Texas politician. Suffice to say he is Republican, and he confessed, without prompting from me, that the party in Texas has been taken over by the crazies and they have their work cut out for them to get it back. One direct quote, "Goldwater would be a RINO today."

Profiles in Cravenness: The Enduring Shame of Cornyn and Cruz

Profiles in Cravenness: The Enduring Shame of Cornyn and Cruz

Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are an odd couple. Both have demonstrated, among their other inadequacies, a feckless, lickspittle obeisance to the Mad King Donald Trump that still threatens the safety and security of Our Republic.

A Letter from Texas

A Letter from Texas

"Fascism in Texas is no longer creeping. It is up and running with Olympian legs."

Can Beto O’Rourke Get Past November 8th?

Can Beto O’Rourke Get Past November 8th?

Texas has changed, largely because it’s population has almost doubled in 30 years. Those new people have brought new ways of thinking, acting and living with them. Nowhere are the changes more evident than in Texas politics.

Texas Energy Leadership, Boldly Marching in Place

Texas Energy Leadership, Boldly Marching in Place

When the Kyoto Protocols were signed to reduce carbon emissions, the fossil fuel industry decided, to quote Dean Wormer, "It's time for somebody to put his foot down. And that foot is me."

The Texas Democratic Convention. Apocalypse Dallas.

The Texas Democratic Convention. Apocalypse Dallas.

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches. -Will Rogers

Common Sense is an Unfortunate Oxymoron

Common Sense is an Unfortunate Oxymoron

Critical thinking isn’t being taught or encouraged in the way it was 40 or 50 years ago. When I take the time to peruse daily news, I usually become pissed off, because I know we can do better.

Can Greg Abbott Get Past November 8th?

Can Greg Abbott Get Past November 8th?

"Every morning this summer, Greg and Cecilia Abbott arise early and give thanks to God for the blessing of a new day. Then they... pray to whatever dark spirits that the electricity grid will hold for justonemorefuckingdaypleaseGod..."

Breaking News: TX GOP Repeals History

Breaking News: TX GOP Repeals History

The Tx Republican Party platform reads like a cross between a QAnon website and cocktail napkin scribblings by Rudy Giuliani and Phyllis Schlafly after a three-day bender. But fear not, the Democrats are prepared to put together their own platform. Bet you can't wait.

Governor Death

Nothing reaches his dark heart. How many Texans who need help and won’t be able to get it because of Abbott’s policies, and then will end up hurting themselves or others?

Focus Your Outrage Because This is All Your Fault

Focus Your Outrage Because This is All Your Fault

The current Texas plantation holders may rarely admit it publicly, but they are as scared as their 1860 counterparts that there will be an uprising...

The Race to Ruin

The Race to Ruin

The rest of America ought to view Texas as a conservative crystal ball and get an honest read of the potential future under unrestrained Republican leadership.

Can a Photo Stop a Bullet?

Can a Photo Stop a Bullet?

"Let the people see what they did to my boy." -Mamie Till Mobley (mother of the lynched Emmett Till)

The Streets of Laredo

The Streets of Laredo

People around town had told me Lawrence Berry was nothing more than a drifter, a hitchhiker. He took on probably the oldest group of power brokers and backroom bastards in America.