In my last column I discussed the Civil War and the removal of the Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues in Richmond, Virginia — the former Capital of the Confederacy. This time I’m going to continue on the Civil War thread, but with a much less happy theme. The...
During the last two weeks the Independent has featured a series on Austin’s spiraling number of homicides, a trend which is sadly consistent with an array of cities around the country. In this, our third installment, we look at potential solutions, but also explore...
The Governors of Texas and Mississippi yesterday lifted coronavirus restrictions, including mask requirements and capacity limitations on all businesses. Texas Governor Greg Abbott was the first to make the announcement followed a few hours later by Mississippi...
You won’t hear this from me very often, if ever again, but Democrats in Washington need to learn from and follow the example of Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. In the Texas Senate, which Patrick leads, until very recently it took support from 19 of the 31...
Does anybody out there remember when two of the things Republicans hated the most were “activist judges” and people styling themselves as victims? The last Republican President before Donald Trump, that would be George W. Bush, used to spit the term out with such...
