Nate Blakeslee
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Capitol Offenses
Combining as it does a projected budget shortfall of up to $12 billion and a slew of newly elected Republicans running–and winning–on a pledge [...] Full Story -
Editorial
The session hasn’t started yet, but the insurance reform chess game is already beginning. It began predictably, with Governor Perry moving his pawn, Troy [...] Full Story -
Editorial
We know how the election looks to you. How did it look to the people responsible for it? From the November 6 issue of [...] Full Story -
Growing Pains
It was another bad year for Democrats, but they don’t have the Green Party to blame this time around. The absence of Ralph Nader [...] Full Story -
Can You Hear Me Now?
On the roadside billboards and church marquees of the Panhandle, religion is sold chiefly as a form of encouragement, and when you get out [...] Full Story
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New Evidence of Altered Documents in TYC Coverup
A disciplinary report confirming misconduct by former West Texas State School Assistant Superintendent Ray Brookins was altered with the apparent approval of Texas Youth [...] Full Story -
Editorial
Phil Gramm met his wife Wendy in the halls of Texas A&M, where both taught economics in the 1960s, so the two have an [...] Full Story -
Overlooked Heroes
In a session that will be remembered for its stalled legislation and discordant ending as much as anything actually accomplished, passage of an ambitious [...] Full Story -
Capitol Offense
A disciplinary report confirming misconduct by former West Texas State School Assistant Superintendent Ray Brookins was altered with the apparent approval of Texas Youth [...] Full Story -
Hidden in Plain Sight
When Dwight Harris, executive director of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC), appeared before the Senate Finance Committee at the Capitol on February 1 to [...] Full Story
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