Category Archives: Texas

The Future Passed

What we think of as how things are now is really how things were now. Changes that are currently taking place are seldom noticed until later. As for the future it has already happened, we just haven’t gotten the news … Continue reading

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The BP Oil Spill: A Non-Hysterical Assessment

Letter from Don Boudreaux to the NY Times: David Brooks’s list of those human cognitive limitations that arguably led to the BP Deepwater oil spill is useful (“Drilling For Certainty,” May 28). This list, however, contains one item that seems … Continue reading

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The South, Texas & the end of the American Idyll

About eight weeks ago economist and commentator Walter Williams, a man I respect most highly for his constant clarity and vision, wrote this. I don’t usually publish other’s work in toto but this is just too damn good to abridge. … Continue reading

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San Jacinto Day

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A Southern Spring

Spring in Tennessee sneaks up on you, it is gentle. Trees burst into bloom. There are days of brilliant sunshine, days of rain. Spring is painted in watercolors, a prelude to the warmth of summer. In Tennessee, spring is Salome, … Continue reading

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Earth Hour ~ A Celebration Gallery

PR Release: “…for the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour event, taking place Saturday, March 27. Residents are encouraged to turn off electric lights and appliances for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m.” Damn straight! In celebration of Earth Hour and … Continue reading

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Texas Independence Day

Today is Texas Independence Day and don’t you damn forget it. The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount; while it was being prepared the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Ana’s … Continue reading

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Nope

Aging liberal hippie seen wearing store-bought SRV outfit at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics. Clothes do not make the man. In the late 1970s admin was lucky enough to reside in south Texas while still young and foolish. … Continue reading

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Texas Plane Crash II: Suicide – or Insurrection?

A citizen killed himself Thursday by piloting a stolen Cessna into an IRS building in sunny Austin, Texas. Rumors of publishers rushing to print a handy Pilots’ Guide To IRS Structures are completely false, and in horribly bad taste. You … Continue reading

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Asteroid Headed For Earth

Weekly News from flyover country…. and the Comic of the Year…. and almost last, but never least, a Weather Report brought to you by The Alliance for Global Warmism as read by Rev. Algore of the Church of the Gapemouthed … Continue reading

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