Peace Police
The 50-ish souls who gathered last Saturday to protest a panel discussion predisposed toward hate (“State Sanctioned,” June 5) made their point: that no...
Here and YesterQueer
The prescient words of George Orwell have been much on my mind lately. The author of 1984 wrote, “Who controls the past controls the future....
State Sanctioned
You would think a panel discussion called “Protect Kids” would be about gun violence and how it’s the leading cause of death among Texas...
Extreme Weather
Natural disasters like winter storms and hurricanes can create life-threatening situations for Texans. These types of disasters can be devastating and can hit at...
The Ugly Texan
My wife’s dad is from Grenada, and we visited there last October. It was an incredible place, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but when...
The Cruelest Month
What a week it was. Last Wednesday at the University of Texas, city police and state troopers decked out in riot gear — at the...
KKKakistocracy
In 2022, a 15-year-old Virginia Beach girl named Simone Nied began a modest campaign to remove the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) from...
Texas Forgetting
So, I’m sitting in a Port Lavaca hotel room on a weekday evening, thinking about winding down. It’s been a long drive from Fort...
Hope and Joy
My daddy always swore it was true, and, I guess, a 14-year-old boy would notice such things.
When Montgomery, Alabama, finally got word of Japan’s...
Viral Me, Elmo
Have you heard about the gorilla, the former security guard, and a viral video? This isn’t a joke. A real social media and mainstream...
