Essays about Texas

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

90-second Movie Review: "The Last Stop in Yuma County" is a Cautionary Tale for Handgun Owners

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 The   Last Stop in Yuma County is a sleeper. The film was made on a pauper's budget of only $1 million, and has no big-name stars. Alm...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

90-second Music Review: My Top Ten List of Songs about Texas

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 Texas Monthly recently did a tremendous public service when it published a list of 71 songs titled "Texas, " ranking them from...
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Monday, April 21, 2025

Three Canaries in the Coal Mine of the American Economy. That's Two Canaries Too Many

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 One day after the Easter holiday, the stock market is swooning . Is this the big sell-off--the start of a long decline, maybe this century...

Pope Francis is dead. God help the Catholic Church if the cardinals elect a pope who is harsh toward divorced Catholics

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  Pope Francis, the man who shocked the world with his sympathetic comment about the gay community and his humility, is dead. A new pope wil...
Friday, April 18, 2025

90-second Movie Review: Warrior is the Ultimate Fight Movie

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 Fight movies are an enduring cinematic subgenre. Requiem for a Heavyweight (Anthony Quinn),  Raging Bull (Robert De Niro), the Rocky seri...
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Thursday, April 17, 2025

"Yes, we can read. A few of us can even write. " Yankees should reconsider Mississippi as a good place to live

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Mississippi has been the whipping boy of the liberal media for decades. When the states are ranked in terms of education , healthcare , or q...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

In the Age of Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, The Center Cannot Hold

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold ... The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. William Butler...