I hate to say it but it certainly looks as though Sen. Dan Patrick is putting his personal ambition ahead of the need for a solid abortion reduction sonogram bill. He compromised quite a bit to get his own sonogram bill out of the Senate, watering it … [Read more]
Houston Chronicle supports policy by polling?
Really? Seriously? I don't think I've ever commented on a Houston Chronicle editorial before but the first paragraph of their editorial about banning smoking in Texas dated 2/20/2011jumped off the screen and slapped me upside the head: Seventy … [Read more]
The Journey Home
Frederick Jackson Turner, the famous University of Wisconsin and Harvard University History Professor, observed this process throughout his academic career. He gave a famous keynote speech at the Columbia Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, in which he … [Read more]
The Journey Home
It's funny how our minds work sometimes. As I've watched news coverage of the public union members protesting in Wisconsin over the last few days, what came to my mind was one of the last scenes from The Wizard of Oz. I am sure you remember the … [Read more]
ChooChoo! Ridin' the METRO Rail
The return trip was much the same. I purchased another ticket for $1.25 and saw one person swipe their "Q Card". Maybe the rest of those boarding had already paid, I don't know. It did make me wonder how many paid riders vs freeloaders there were but … [Read more]
ChooChoo! Ridin' the METRO Rail
I finally did it. I finally rode on the METRO rail line. Why? Mainly because I've wanted to for some time but also because I noticed a bunch of bloggers got invited to a special lunch in METRO's new PR campaign, which is designed to extract even more … [Read more]
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