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Read full postWith state schools facing ruin from the Legi-slature’s upcoming budget cuts, it helps to remember that Texas liberals have a history of saving the [...]
Read full postFebruary 21 marked what would have been the 75th birthday of late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, had she not passed away in 1996 at the [...]
Read full postPersonally, I’ve always been a little skeptical of “literacy campaigns,” particularly when conducted by politicians and their mealy-mouthed spouses, simply because literacy is such [...]
Read full postOne of the tricky things about living with an obsession is trying to remember that other people don’t necessarily share it, and might even [...]
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