AUSTIN -- Watching our homeboy George Dubya as he wends his way -- somewhat
unsteadily -- toward the presidency is a nerve-racking procedure. Face it,
our reputation is on the line along with the governor's. All of us know that
20 million...
16 March 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Man bites dog! Or, how special interests accidentally
steered us toward good public policy. In a pleasant change from the norm, we
have a reversal of the usual dreary political story in which big donors and
special...
16 March 2000
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- The moon, a bit more than half full, glowed in a sky of stars and darkness. Only a faint breeze was blowing across the San Francisco Bay. A few yards from the dark water's edge, vans from local TV stations lined the...
14 March 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Walter Hall, that wonderful citizen, died Sunday at 92.
Hall was, of all things, a liberal banker active in the public life of Texas
for many decades. He has so many credentials on his resume that it could
give you an...
12 March 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- We've already seen how disgusting the results can be when
politicians drag religion into politics, so perhaps we should be depressed
at the news that education is going to be the major issue in this year's
presidential...
09 March 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Oh, pooh, the fun's over. At least for a while (said she,
always optimistic to the point of idiocy). But it was sure swell while it
lasted.
Who can forget those glorious moments: George W. Bush railing against "...
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