Tetanus. Polio. Measles. Mumps and rubella. These are vaccinations Texas required of my sons before they started school in the ’80s. Over the years, Hepatitis B. Chickenpox and Hepatitis A were added to the requirements. Ten years ago the Texas Legislature appended meningitis to the list. …
This just in: The author of “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future” says he never said global warming was a hoax. That would be Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, who still is not interested in doing anything about the problem, even if it isn't a…
Across many years living in Texas and commenting on education, I often railed against homeschoolers. Not homeschoolers in general, just the ones sitting on the state school board. Yes, people with no stake in our schools — even outright antipathy toward them — governing them. Which sounds…
It is possible to low-ball even Donald Trump’s threshold for corruption. I did. When reports showed he sought to extort Ukraine to torpedo Joe Biden’s candidacy, the assumption – my assumption – was that Trump had demanded an investigation of his most-likely Democratic rival. Wrong. What Trump…
Hardy har har. Increasing numbers of Floridians are dying of a newly invigorated virus, and Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to make puns of Anthony Fauci’s name. Yuckety yuck. Amid a resurgence of death and devastation, Marco Rubio wants to mock face coverings – again. Chortle,…