Ronnie Dugger
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From the Archives: A Tribute to Bernard Rapoport
Originally published in the Observer on March 13, 1981. HOUSTON—Journalists, like politicians, are vested with the duty to serve the public interest and have [...] Full Story -
Sustainability
BID NOW! AUCTIONS CLOSE TOMORROW ONLINE AUCTION HELP THE TEXAS OBSERVER AND OWN THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND TREASURES JIM HIGHTOWER’S CARBID ON EBAY BIDDING STARTED [...] Full Story -
Tangling with Frank Erwin
This is a continuation of Dugger’s piece “The Business of Education,” a review of Kenneth Ashworth’s Horns of A Dilemma. The book chronicles Ashworth’s [...] Full Story -
The Business of Education
In the early 1970s, Frank Erwin dominated higher education in the public University of Texas System of colleges and universities. He was a key [...] Full Story -
LBJ, The Texas Observer & Me
The confrontation between Lyndon Johnson on one side and The Texas Observer and me on the other arrived on its own terms at his [...] Full Story
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Ralph, Don’t Run
This article originally ran in the December 2, 2002 issue of The Nation and is reprinted with permission. Given the GOP sweep in the [...] Full Story -
Observations
A lawyer friend of mine in Indiana, David Stutsman, phoned me last spring at 3:30 in the morning. He hadn’t been able to sleep [...] Full Story -
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Two special circumstances make this an uncertain but important historical moment in Texas politics. The majority vote for President in a state determines that [...] Full Story -
Observations
Mrs. R.D. Randolph and Texas Liberal Politics. We have too few great persons among us on earth to lose their examples when they die. [...] Full Story