A Republican senator once tried excusing the egomaniacal right-wing nastiness of his colleague, Ted Cruz declaring, “sometimes Ted is his...
Let me be clear that I mean no disrespect to reptiles when I note that Jonathan Mitchell is a snake....
We Texans are long-accustomed to enduring stormy outbursts of corruption among our top state legislators. The spectacle of lawmakers taking...
Hoo boy… DeJoy! Woe is us (the American people) for having our jewel of a national Postal Service saddled with...
Woody Guthrie’s prescription for inequality in America was straightforward: “Rich folks got your money with politics. You can get it...
Whatzamatta with Congress? And most of our state legislatures, too? Why do these so-called representative bodies keep stiffing middle-class and...
Every religion prioritizes care for the needy. Christianity’s Benedictine Rule, for example, puts care of the sick atop the moral...
Right-wing culture warriors have been relentlessly attacking people’s personal liberties – running hellish crusades to deny our freedom to vote,...
A farmer friend of mine once bemoaned the fact that the Democrat we’d both supported for president, Bill Clinton, was...
Years ago, Coca-Cola excitedly debuted a new formula for its soda, dubbing it “New Coke.” Consumers hated it, and sales...