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Put Muny on the List, Mr. Kelso!!
Whenever a group of my former Austin High School classmates gather, invariably we find ourselves comparing the old Austin (good) to the new Austin (bad). Ben Wear For example, a couple of months ago,...
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My Summer Hiatus
I’ve noticed a lot of “news” magazines (e.g., 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning) are re-airing old segments, causing me to wonder whether I’ve become incredibly prescient or just losing my mind,...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Find Out What it Means to Me
Clare McCaskill Although the R’s keep stressing that this election is about the economy, women’s reproductive rights and access to health care keep running out on the battlefield. As everyone has...
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Coming to a Screen Near You: A Taxing Drama
With the upcoming premiere of the 2013 legislative session, we’re beginning to see trailers of this biennial blockbuster featuring a cast of characters who will craft a budget that will either cripple...
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Let the Campaigning End and the (Mc)Governing Begin
These days of so much political vitriol being directed at whoever is not on the side of the vitriol-spewer, makes it easy to turn away from the negativity and forget that it doesn’t have to be this...
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Hangin’ High or Muddlin’ Through
[This post is borrowed from my friend Flaco's blog: http://www.toofarfromtown.blogspot.com/%5D According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Have Yourself a Merry...
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Choppy Waters for Fish Bowl Families
As the world knows by now, Kate Middleton, the future queen of Great Britain, is enceinte. On both sides of the pond, we’ve been made privy to the details of her dreadful morning sickness and, of...
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How about an International Women’s Decade?
I suspect that many of you are oblivious to the significance of March 8th and probably didn’t see any reference to it anywhere last week. Except for the Google doodle referencing International Women’s...
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Resistance is (not) Futile
Much has been said about the failed attempt to pass the gun background check law through the Senate recently, but I’ll say some more things about it since it’s hardly an issue I can ignore — especially...
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What I Want for Mother’s Day
This week brought the horrifying news of the three women enslaved by a man in a Cleveland house, the horror only diminished by the fact that the three were finally free. After ten years. The details...
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Circles and Cycles
As I hang up my two-decade litigation career at the Texas Attorney General’s Office, it seems fitting that I depart with some words of wisdom, acquired along the trail of courthouses across the state....
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We’re Just Saying No: No Relaxing, No Enjoying It!
Among the many things that offended me about the events on the closing day of the Texas special session, one of the most offensive was Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst blaming the Senate gallery for...
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Voting Rights: Deep Fried and Slathered with Butter
As you may have heard, one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last acts this term was the axing of Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required pre-clearance by the Justice Department (or a federal...
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Austin May be Weird, But Portland is Cool!
I’m not generally known as a travel blogger (assuming I’m known for anything at all), but a recent trip to Portland was motivation for me to write about that city for its sheer audacity, if nothing...
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Will Our Democracy Survive the Tea Party?
Like most Americans, I hate seeing our nation’s capital entangled in the throes of hatred and ignorance that have been plaguing it almost since the beginning of President Obama’s presidency. At first,...
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Beyond All the Flag Waving…
Mike, my friend and Vietnam vet, recently posted some of his thoughts about his Army service. I was reminded of my high school years during that war era and the angst over the draft lottery that the...
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Austin Makes Me Sick!!!
Among the reasons for not moving to Austin, I bet you think our atrocious traffic problem and lack of mass transit is at the top of the list. Or the lack of affordable housing. Or the high property...
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Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters United!!
One of the sad truths about our democracy is that smear jobs now constitute the bread and butter of our political discourse, particularly by the right-wing hate media and their feeders. Swift-boating a...
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My Longest Love Affair
I continue my celebration of Earth Day this day after, watching the trees sway like dancers from the vantage of my window, reminding me anew that I’m a true child of nature. As the symphony of another...
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Never Too Late to Crack those Books
Well, it’s that season again. For many of you, a reunion of your high school class is on the horizon and some of you are debating, as you always do, whether you should reveal to those you grew up with...
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