This is Your Brain on Aphorisms: Unqualified Immunity
Donald Trump should be given unqualified immunity from the presidency. Trump vows to get even if it destroys the country. Republicans refuse to step on lunatic attack toes. … Read more
Texas
An Anti-Abortion Creep: Worse Than a Snake in the Grass
No disrespect meant to reptiles when Jonathan Mitchell is compared to a snake in the grass. Let me be clear that I mean no disrespect to reptiles when … Read more
Ripping the Headlines Today, 5/13/24
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news, even that about banning porn sites in Texas, doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; … Read more
Where’s George Orwell Today? Texas!
Texas politicians would be right at home in a George Orwell novel, pushing their party straight into the abyss of autocracy. If you think the GOP’s Congress of … Read more
Abortion Ban Extremists Are Using a Slave Law to Repress Women
Two tyrannical Texas politicians responsible for the most draconian abortion ban in the country want to revive a slave-law concept. Here’s our big word of the day: Extraterritoriality. … Read more
What Is a Banker’s Promise Worth?
Banking giants do a backflip on their promise to do the right thing for humanity on climate change. Bruce King, former governor of New Mexico, often baffled people … Read more
Just What We Need – Another Border Wall!
Republicans concoct a whole new xenophobic bugaboo to goose up their anti-immigrant demagoguery — another border wall. In the 1980s, many Texans were alarmed that hordes of immigrants … Read more
Here’s a Wild Idea That’s Taking Root
Students are organizing locally with a wild idea that makes a difference and makes a statement. Growing up, I absorbed a lot of values from my Ol’ Texas … Read more
The Billionaires Behind School Privatization
The ultra-rich love to enact their extremist right-wing policy, including with school privatization. If you’re trying to enact an extremist right-wing policy, but the public keeps rejecting it, … Read more
Chap Ambrose Versus Elon Musk – I’m Betting on Chap
A neighbor and former Musk admirer, Chap Ambrose, rallies local opposition. There is nothing quite as pitiful as whiny billionaires. And the whiniest of all is the richest … Read more
