Essays about Texas

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

You May Call RFK Jr. a Wingnut, But Coca Cola Will Offer an HFCS-free Version of Its Flagship Soda

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  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Trump cabinet member whom progressives love to hate. He's been repeatedly branded as a " wingnut ...
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Mrs. Butterworth is Dead to Me: Zeeland Street Offers Steen's Cane Syrup with Its Pancakes

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 In Travels with Charlie ,  John Steinbeck wrote that he never ate a really good dinner at a roadside cafe or a really bad breakfast. I agr...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Panhandler on Siegen Lane: The Student Loan Crisis and Reflections on Dorothy Day

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I took the Siegen Lane exit off of Interstate 10 a few days ago and saw a panhandler standing at the end of the exit ramp. He held a sign th...
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Thursday, August 14, 2025

A Retrospective Tribute to the Alaska Territorial Guard

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When I was a young lawyer in Alaska many years ago, I took my young children to see the Fur Rondy Parade in Anchorage.  Conditions were not...
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Alan Dershowitz Should Leave Martha's Vineyard and Vacation in Mississippi: Fewer Soup Nazis and Better Food

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Last month, Alan Dershowitz, a retired Harvard Law professor and famous conservative,  was refused service at Good Pierogi , an eatery on Ma...
Monday, August 11, 2025

90-Second Book Review: You are My Sunshine by Robert Mann Reveals a Connection Between Country Music and Louisiana Politics

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  You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song is   Robert Mann's insightful examination of Louisiana's official ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Beto O'Rourke Can Take his West Coast Politics and Stick 'Em Where the Sun Don't Shine: The Texas Redistricting Battle

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You can take your like and shove 'em on up the line . People in Texas don't care if the sun don't shine. Charlie Daniels "T...