Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersKen Starr, who died at age 76 in Houston on Tuesday as a result of complications from surgery, was known for his righteousness. But if his life contains one lesson for the rest of us, it is a reminder that right and righteousness are different things. Sometimes, by happy coincidence, they overlap. But Starr’s outward piousness allowed him to rise to positions in which his moral blind spots enabled him to do real damage.Starr showed great promise. Born in 1946 in Vernon, near Wichita Falls, the son of a Church of Christ minister, Starr attended...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersKen Starr, who died at age 76 in Houston on Tuesday as a result of complications from surgery, was known for his righteousness. But if his life contains one lesson for the rest of us, it is a reminder that right and righteousness are different things. Sometimes, by happy coincidence, they overlap. But Starr’s outward piousness allowed him to rise to positions in which his moral blind spots enabled him to do real damage.Starr showed great promise. Born in 1946 in Vernon, near Wichita Falls, the son of a Church of Christ minister, Starr attended...WW…

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Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersIn happier times, the governorship of Texas was regarded as a “” office compared to its counterparts in other states. But as the COVID-19 crisis draws on, and on, and the Legislature remains out of session, Governor Greg Abbott has come to exercise a kind of unitary power over life in Texas. He has begun to resemble not so much a governor as a Dungeon Master, leading the state through a role-playing game of his own devising. And on Wednesday, Abbott had some hearty congratulations to offer the judge of Bexar County: Nelson Wolff, you’ve solved...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersIn happier times, the governorship of Texas was regarded as a “” office compared to its counterparts in other states. But as the COVID-19 crisis draws on, and on, and the Legislature remains out of session, Governor Greg Abbott has come to exercise a kind of unitary power over life in Texas. He has begun to resemble not so much a governor as a Dungeon Master, leading the state through a role-playing game of his own devising. And on Wednesday, Abbott had some hearty congratulations to offer the judge of Bexar County: Nelson Wolff, you’ve solved...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersJackson’s pitch is that he’ll be Amarillo’s messenger to Trump. “I know the president well. I know all the cabinet members,” he said. “I know everybody in the West Wing. The chief of staff, the national security adviser, [members of] the Domestic Policy Council are all friends of mine.” He continued: “I will be one of the few, if not the only, freshman congressman that can walk into the Oval Office unannounced and tell the president of the United States, ‘Sir, I’ve got something I’ve got to make you aware of,’ and he’ll stop what he’s doing...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersJackson’s pitch is that he’ll be Amarillo’s messenger to Trump. “I know the president well. I know all the cabinet members,” he said. “I know everybody in the West Wing. The chief of staff, the national security adviser, [members of] the Domestic Policy Council are all friends of mine.” He continued: “I will be one of the few, if not the only, freshman congressman that can walk into the Oval Office unannounced and tell the president of the United States, ‘Sir, I’ve got something I’ve got to make you aware of,’ and he’ll stop what he’s doing...WW…

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Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThe path to power takes many twists and turns. If Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer wins the May 1 special election in the Sixth Congressional District south of Dallas, his hero’s journey will have led him through, among other battlegrounds across America, the town of McDonough, Georgia. There, on September 24, 2006, he squared off against one of his most formidable early opponents—and triumphed. His 22 other opponents in the special election should closely study that night, and take heed of of “Smooth” Tommy Suede.“There’s a buzz going around the locker...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThe path to power takes many twists and turns. If Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer wins the May 1 special election in the Sixth Congressional District south of Dallas, his hero’s journey will have led him through, among other battlegrounds across America, the town of McDonough, Georgia. There, on September 24, 2006, he squared off against one of his most formidable early opponents—and triumphed. His 22 other opponents in the special election should closely study that night, and take heed of of “Smooth” Tommy Suede.“There’s a buzz going around the locker...WW…

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Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThis article is part of our October 2019 cover package on the battle to rewrite Texas history. Read more .These corrections to the historical record are the result of decades of work by historians who, over the last half-century, have fought against their profession’s old guard and, at least within the halls of academia, won. Most history professors at state universities look well beyond the subjects that dominate popular histories: military campaigns, the Texas Revolution, the Wild West. For years, they’ve focused on social and cultural...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThis article is part of our October 2019 cover package on the battle to rewrite Texas history. Read more .These corrections to the historical record are the result of decades of work by historians who, over the last half-century, have fought against their profession’s old guard and, at least within the halls of academia, won. Most history professors at state universities look well beyond the subjects that dominate popular histories: military campaigns, the Texas Revolution, the Wild West. For years, they’ve focused on social and cultural...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersTexas, a friend used to say, is hard on women and little things. I’ve been reminded of that observation again and again when reporting seemed to bear it out. In 2015 I listened to a caregiver , via telephone from a hospital, that state cuts to the Medicaid acute-therapy program were having disastrous consequences for her child’s incurable, debilitating genetic disorder. In 2021 an eleven-year-old boy in Conroe died from carbon monoxide poisoning, , as his family struggled to keep their home warm amid the collapse of a gravely mismanaged...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersTexas, a friend used to say, is hard on women and little things. I’ve been reminded of that observation again and again when reporting seemed to bear it out. In 2015 I listened to a caregiver , via telephone from a hospital, that state cuts to the Medicaid acute-therapy program were having disastrous consequences for her child’s incurable, debilitating genetic disorder. In 2021 an eleven-year-old boy in Conroe died from carbon monoxide poisoning, , as his family struggled to keep their home warm amid the collapse of a gravely mismanaged...WW…