We've come a long way in this country since the 19th century --
but not so long that an admirer of the Confederacy can't be nominated to
run the Justice Department of the United States. The president of the
Confederate government,...
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04 January 2001
MARATHON, Texas -- So far out in West Texas, there's only God and country on the radio. Along with endless sky and no cellphones. Drive across the Rio Grande in your pickup for lunch and say, "Oh, good, the War on Drugs is bound to work...
31 December 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- The time has come to bid farewell to President William Jefferson Clinton. Been a lot of wasted time and wasted talent these eight years. The politics of personal destruction. A level of vituperation so intense and so...
28 December 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Traditionally, when one bids adieu to the year just past, a tone of cynical good-riddance to 12 sorry months is da rigor, as they say in Lubbock.
Well, forget tradition. I say 2000 was a glorious political year from...
24 December 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Goodness, someone has left some nasty little lumps of coal in our stockings. Fortunately, someone else put in a few nice, shiny toys.
Look at this lousy lump. Just before it left town last week, Congress passed a...
23 December 2000
As usual, the competition for P.U.-litzers has been fierce.
For the ninth year in a row, I have worked with Jeff Cohen of the media watch group FAIR to sift through the many entries for the annual award that pays tribute to...
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