Essays about Texas

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Sunday, October 6, 2019

A tribute to Dinky, who gave me a lift in his pea-green Studebaker

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Dinky was a classmate of mine at Anadarko high school. He was one of those rare individuals who felt perfectly at home in the world at a you...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Feds spend millions on Betsy DeVos' personal security: Do Americans hate her that much?

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Politico (Nicole Gaudiano and Caitlin Emma) reported that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' security detail is projected to cost taxpaye...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

America is a two-headed snake and both heads are venomous: Nasty politics will destroy us all

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My friend David, a herpetologist, recently returned from a research expedition in India where he discovered a two-headed snake. David identi...

Puerto Rico bankruptcy plan will cut pensions for some retired public employees: The bell tolls for you, dude!

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According to the New York Times , a federal oversight board has issued a plan to deal with Puerto Rico's financial collapse. In addition...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Shenk v. U.S. Department of Education: A bankruptcy judge denies student-loan discharge to 59-year-old army veteran

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As John Lennon famously observed, "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." Certainly, Mr. Shenk, a mil...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Like driving into a CAT 5 hurricane, the Department of Education is taking the student-loan program toward catastrophe

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I lived in Houston when Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. Weather forecasters predicted that Rita would make landfall in Galveston ...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

"Impeach the mother f--ker": Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, vulgar discourse, and a personal apology

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Almost everyone agrees that public discourse has become cruder, especially public discourse in the political arena. Congresswoman Rashida Tl...