Ooh, that was pretty.

Representative Jim Dunnam may have just killed SB 482 for the last time — no, really, the last time, we mean it.

Memorial Day is upon us. In both old and new media, there is a great deal of discussion on the war. This is proper — Memorial Day is an American tradition that goes all the way back to when it was first a remembrance of Union soldiers who died during the Civil War; then, it was called Decoration Day. The holiday in and of itself is an occasion to examine and discuss the War in Iraq, and I am concerned that there doesn't seem to be an effective way of doing so.

If you missed the action in the Texas House this weekend, you may want to catch some of the archived video of what happened. In short, legislators tried to move to remove Craddick from the speaker's chair, and Craddick answered with a ruling that he did not actually have to recognize any such motion — or, indeed, any motion at all.

Apparently, Wired News thinks that the ban on online gambling has its days numbered. And they're probably right. The reason it's likely to fold, however, illustrates a growing Republican rift that is already seen often in Texas, and is accelerating across the nation.