Essays about Texas

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

90-second Book Review: Four Winds by Kristin Hannah is a Fine book About The Dust Bowl Years

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 Kristin Hannah's novel, The   Four Winds , published in 2021, is a fine book on the Dust Bowl years in America's Heartland. I like ...
Monday, July 28, 2025

90-second food review: Ode to Jim's Barbecue in Waskom, Texas (and a Shout-Out to T.S. Eliot)

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We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first tim...

Downwardly Mobile Millennials Voted for Zohran Mamdani, and That Makes Perfect Sense

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  Zohran Mamdani won the recent Democratic primary in New York City's mayoral race,  handily defeating  Andrew Cuomo , the epitome of th...
Friday, July 25, 2025

"It's so cold that Bill and Hillary Clinton are sleeping together": CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert and It's the End of the World

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For years. I was a big fan of The Late Show  and watched it most nights when David Letterman was the host. When Stephen Colbert took over in...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

"Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences. The bums lost." The Democrats Hope to Regain Power Through Chaos

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I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they're idiots. Jamie Dimon  Remember that great line from the Coen Brothers' classic...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Froma Harrop Says That Debt Driven By Inflation Could Sink the National Economy: Yah Think?

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For years, Froma Harrop has been a reliable spear carrier for the progressive Democrats, so when she speaks on a national policy issue, you ...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Anti-ICE Protesters Arrested on an Ohio River Bridge: Don't Try That in a Small Town

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Well, try that in a small town See how far you make it down the road Around here, we take care of our own You cross that line, it won't ...