The Texas Blue: News
Remarks on the Environment
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 7:28am
It's the weekend, so I will keep the commentary to a minimum and direct you to two items of interest. On the Environment (Campaigns): Iowa is pretty important, says Politico. Er, rather, still pretty important. On the Environment (Global Warming): The Northwest Passage exists! Because we a melted a hole big enough in the arctic ice for shipping!
Texas Blue Mailbag: Week of 9/9/2007
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 4:41pm
We got some nice letters this week; we appreciate those. Keep the questions coming, though!
It's Time to Have a Real Legislature
By David Gurney
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 3:20pm
I know we live in Texas, home of the free and land of the terrified of government, but I think it might be time to acknowledge that we live in a big state.
Rising To The Cheap Bait
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 12:00pm
I normally like the Center for American Progress' blog Think Progress. Every now and then, though, I wonder who gets the editorial say when it comes to posting certain stories.
Friday Roundup: The Illusion of Change
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 9:27am
On Fridays we usually like to make with a few jokes and keep things light. Today that might not be possible.
On The Record: Art Brender
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 3:00pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Art Brender, the Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair.
Housing Riots in Laredo
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 2:00pm
Not too long ago, the Center for Public Policy Priorities put out their Family Budget Estimator along with a statement titled "What does it really take to get by in Texas?" The results are surprising. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, on this week's show, reminded us that there are a lot of poor people in Texas. Tuesday in Laredo, there was a riot at the Housing Authority office.
Edwards Responds to Bush: Something New?
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 10:30am
I got an email this morning from the Edwards campaign that really surprised me: apparently, they've purchased the airtime on MSNBC immediately following President Bush's address to the nation on Iraq tonight, and Edwards will be responding directly to Bush's speech.
Thursday Roundup: Second Verse, Same as the First
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 9:00am
Today President Bush will announce a plan to withdraw some 30,000 troops from Iraq by next summer. If this seems like a sort of ham-fisted compromise in a situation where a compromise should look like something else entirely, it is.
Spend Some Time with Henry Waxman
Wed, 09/12/2007 - 3:42pm
Henry Waxman recently sat down with Thomas Edsall from the Huffington Post, and the resultant interview is a surprisingly insightful read.