Art, more than just a pretty face

I only lived in the city of my birth for the first six  onths of my life. I heard stories of the walk-up, brick apartment building where my parents and I lived until we moved to Puerto Rico in 1968.

1970s men’s fashions are recalled and regurgitated

On the copy of this missive that Isent to the threedozen  exas community newspapers that bless me by printing this piece, I applied a headline that might or might not mechanically fit this paper’s format. So I will reiterate it for you here: 1970s fashions recalled and regurgitated.

The End of the Clinton Coalition

Every time Hillary Clinton makes a left-wing policy pronouncement,  it is, in effect, another eulogy marking the death of the coalition and style of politics that twice made her husband president.

Federal court of appeals rules on abortion law

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 9 upheld the constitutionality of House Bill 2, the state abortion law revised by the Texas Legislature in a July 2013 special session.

Taking the back roads

Major interstates crisscross the state of Texas, and most of the time I am convinced they exist not only to help travelers get somewhere faster, but to help travelers do so in the most frustrating way possible.

Bonnie and Clyde

Superman and I nearly went to the pokey this week. It all started innocently enough. We decided several months ago to spend our vacation in the beautiful New Mexico mountains.

Obama Declares War on Climate Change

President Barack Obama is less than stalwart in the fight against ISIS and doesn’t seem overly concerned about Vladimir Putin’s predation in Ukraine or China’s aggression in the South China Sea.

Governor decides fates of bills passed by Legislature

Governor Greg Abbott has until June 21 to give bills recently passed by the Texas Legislature his final consideration before signing them, letting them take effect without his signature or vetoing them.

Books on the road

In going through photos of my travels in the past several years, I’ve noticed a recurring theme I have. For some reason, whenever I see a bookstore, I’ll grab a picture of it. Not a “big name” book store— you know the ones, and I don’t need to mention them because they get enough advertising.

Audubon painted Texas wildlife for posterity

A Republic senator introduced a resolution on Jun. 4, 1837 to make a world famous naturalist and wildlife painter an “honorary Texan.” John James Audubon was born Jean Rabin on a Caribbean island in 1785 to parents from two very different worlds.