You’ve got to respect Marva Beck’s religion, in a quaint, Lake Wobegon way. The newly elected Republican has come to Austin with this belief to express: Texas government, “too big.” Understand where she’s coming from. To one from Centerville, almost anything of a Texas-size dimension would be a humongous. But…
Almost 30 years ago I came to appreciate an adage about friends that guides me still: Distance can’t sever that which “want-to” holds intact. Back then, a childhood pal had followed his muse to Japan, making it his home. The end of our friendship? Hardly. Just as we had done when…
History calls on Rob Dyrdek. A nation awaits word. Run for president, Rob. Run as a Republican. You have what it takes. Mainly, and most importantly, you have a reality television show. Make that two. That makes you doubly qualified. One could not help but think of…
A. Baseball. Hot dogs. Motherhood. Birth control pills. Q. Name four things that are as American as apple pie. Anyone who would exclude any of the items above is living deep, deep in another century. Someone, please, ask the Republican Party in which century it intends for us to…
Now, isn’t that special? Rep. Michelle Bachmann held a Capitol Hill soiree the other day. And who showed up to speak but Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. We can only imagine what Justice Scalia had to say to members of the House Tea Party Caucus at the “constitutional education class"…