Who said Republican politics were dull? If you think that, you need to get out more! Today at the weekly meeting of the Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club, sparks flew as speaker Colleen Vera tried to make her case that the Harris County Department of … [Read more]
The Election Choice—Can Romney make it simple? Can Romney be Romney?
Watching all of the pundits say that Romney has to make himself likable is beginning to drive me crazy. Of course no one wants to embrace a dour person (though Richard Nixon was on 4 of 5 winning national tickets, just proving that there are … [Read more]
Harris County Republican Party Executive Meeting Thursday, September 6
Normally I don't post these notices but there are a couple of reasons that I need to - day and location. Normally, these meetings are held on a Monday night but the Party is saying that Labor Day interferes with that. And the location has changed - … [Read more]
Texas near bottom in per capita debt
The headline at Texas Watchdog was ominous: Texas third in total state debt, low by per-capita measure; across all the states, underfunded liability shoots to $3.5 trillion Yikes! I thought, dang, the naysayers are right! Texas is buried in debt! … [Read more]
Cheryl Johnson: Identity theft possible after judge blocks Texas voter laws
Whoa, I didn't see this coming. Thanks go to Galveston County Tax Assessor Collector Cheryl Johnson for alerting the public to some serious consequences arising from an injunction issued by Federal District Judge Gregg Costa. You can read her entire … [Read more]
Texas Education IV: A Case Study in the Failure of a Method-Based Curriculum
I want to thank “Izzy,” who is a frequent commentator on the posts here on Big Jolly Politics, for his very creative comment to my last post, because it helped crystalize for me how I need to start this discussion about reforming our curriculum and … [Read more]
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