Kinky Again?
Quite a few of us who enjoy Kinky Friedman’s brand of smart irreverence were disappointed in his 2006 run for the Texas governorship. It...
The Beer Heard ‘Round The World
President Obama’s decision to share a beer with the cop and the professor seems to have turned about pretty well. Nobody apologized, but nobody...
In a Fat Snit
If ever there was an example of America’s screwed-up relationship with food and physical appearance (a pathology shared by the skinny as well as...
Racial Profiling in Massachusetts
Well, now, this is disturbing. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his home by Cambridge police after a neighbor called reporting...
Just Say “D’oh!”
Sex will be the subject matter of the Monday July 27, 6:45pm Frisco meeting of The Texas Democratic Women of Collin County. It won’t...
One for the History Books
If one were not from here, one might expect that an entity called the Texas State Board...
State Board of Indoctrination
Watching Texas state politics sometimes feels like reading a Terry Southern novel – there are so many absurd situations, bizzaro twists, and exaggerated examples...
Palin, Perry Two Peas In A Pod
Gov. Rick Perry is yapping about Sarah Palin’s decision to campaign for his reelection.
Makes sense donchaknow because political leaders in Alaska are just downhome...
Love and Marriage
You probably thought the “’family values’ politician catches his hand in the extramarital cookie jar” story was getting stale by now, didn’t you? There...
Stonewall: The Sequel
Who knew that Fort Worth’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in NYC would turn into a historical re-enactment that had...