Border War Rhetoric Has Real Consequences for the Borderlands
Last week Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst addressed an assembly of border residents and community leaders in Harlingen, Texas, less than 15 miles from the Rio Grande, and proclaimed that there...
View ArticleFun with republican fundraising call
Last weekend during the Limbaugh furor, my phone rang. It was a fundraising phone call from Texas’ Lt. Governor David Dewhurst’s campaign. Dewhurst, a Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate. How...
View ArticleWhat is it about Republicans? A Texas Election Judge's Story
Tomorrow, here in Texas, we have run-off elections. Shouldn't be too busy; just another long day, up at 4am, home at 9pm, if I'm lucky.But I'm grimacing at the idea of working this one. Because I'm...
View ArticleTexas Going Blue
Not much involved in this diary, at least coming from me. Rather, I'd just like to direct you to a long, detailed, and quite good article from Texas Monthly on turning Texas...
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