Some things change. Some things, never. Evidence thereof was great during a motorized spring swing through a great and greening state. The Panhandle city of Hartley — Population: 1 grain silo — has not changed one granule since I was a child sleeping in the back of the station wagon. My…
Canard — n. (etymology: French for duck) a fake or unfounded report or story, especially: a fabricated report; a groundless rumor or belief. “They crammed health care reform down our throats.” Yes. Barack Obama, Joe Biden and a decisive majority of Democrats ran for office on health care reform. They…
This all has to do with blue jeans, and white legs. I didn't wear blue jeans much in 25 years in Texas. Most of the time during recreational hours, I wore shorts. If it was long-pants weather — and, let’s face it; with global changes, many Texans had forgotten what a winter feels…
My college-grad son got exactly what I hoped he would out of his higher education — meaning it had almost nothing to do with a career. Oh, sure, I would have been thrilled if after that fireworks-filled graduation night at the base of the University of Texas tower he exchanged his black robe for…
Parsing his vote for Rick Perry in the primary, one Republican told a reporter the message was to “let Texas be Texas.” Yup. Texas, where he who panders hardest to the hard right wins the privilege of governing all. Texas, where a politician who…
In the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? we see auto companies pry prototype vehicles, literally, from drivers’ loving fingers. We see the vehicles crushed, and not allowed to return to run free — pollution-free — on the landscape. We see General Motors sit on a lot of perfectly good electric cars,…