Capitol Letters Archives - The Texas Observer

Most Recent in Politics:

1Texas Bill Would Revoke Medical Licenses of Doctors Who Perform Abortions

2Teenage Activists Stage Quinceañera-Themed Protest of SB 4 at Texas Capitol

3Dancing with Denial

4Loon Star State: Rick Perry, Trump and the National Security Council

5‘Bathroom Bills’ Get Second Life in Special Session

6Never Say Sine Die: Legislature Returns to Ideological Special Session Agenda

Most Recent in Environment:

1Dancing with Denial

2‘The Hour of Land,’ Terry Tempest Williams’ Love Letter to National Parks

3Susan Combs, Fierce Critic of Endangered Species Act, Tapped for Agency in Charge of its Implementation

4Report: Loopholes Allow Polluters to Get Away With Worsening Air Quality

6Getting Wise to Bad Air: North Texans Take Smog Monitoring Into Own Hands

Most Recent in Border:

1Teenage Activists Stage Quinceañera-Themed Protest of SB 4 at Texas Capitol

2Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment

3Greg Abbott’s Latino Problem

4Prying Eyes: Border Sheriffs to Use Iris-Scanning Tech in Push for ‘Virtual Wall’

5Despite Push from Democrats, Harris County is Staying out of the SB 4 Lawsuit

6Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (Or Already Have)

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Why We Hired a Civil Rights Reporter

2Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (Or Already Have)

3Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas

4Después de SB 4, Línea Telefónica de Consulados Mexicanos Presenta un Incremento de Casi 700 por ciento en Texas

5State Attorneys: Senate Bill 4 Is ‘Moderate’ Compared to Arizona’s ‘Papers, Please’ Law

6Attorney: Matt Rinaldi’s Call to ICE Will Likely Be Used Against SB 4 in Lawsuit

Most Recent in Education:

1Dan Patrick Accuses Joe Straus of Ponzi Scheme Ahead of Special Session

2Critics Fear New Texas Law Giving SBOE Wide Discretion Over Textbooks

3After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

4Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

5CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

6‘Academic Freedom’ Bill Provides Cover to Teach Creationism, Climate Denial in Classrooms

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Texas Bill Would Revoke Medical Licenses of Doctors Who Perform Abortions

2Texas Mother ‘Deathly Afraid’ of Medicaid Cuts Under GOP Health Plan

3The GOP Health Plan Would Give Governor Greg Abbott Power Over Your Coverage

4This Week: Texans’ Health Under Attack by Republican Lawmakers

5Who Really Gets Government Benefits In Texas?

6How the Texas Legislature Reached a Dangerous Stalemate on Vaccines

Most Recent in The Interview:

1The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

2The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

3The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

6The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Most Recent in Books:

1‘The Hour of Land,’ Terry Tempest Williams’ Love Letter to National Parks

2Announcing the Seventh Annual Observer Short Story Contest

3At Home in the In-Between

4‘The Potlikker Papers’ Wants You to Eat Your Grits with a Side of Discomfort

5We Were the Safety Net

6‘Cornyation’ Celebrates San Antonio’s Most Fabulous Fiesta Tradition

Most Recent in Postcards:

1Ride Like a Girl

6Feathering Their Nest

Most Recent in Essay:

1Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas

2Cut from the Same Cloth: Wearing Hijab in Houston, Post-Trump

3Going It Alone

4The Observer’s Founding Editor: ‘Bring the Fight Back’ to Texas Politics

5A Texan’s Political Guide to Resisting Trump

6The Resistance Against Donald Trump Begins in Texas

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

2Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

3Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

4Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

5Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

6Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Most Recent in Poetry:

1Parallel Planes

3Poem: ‘Resistance’

4Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

5Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

6Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

Capitol Letters

Gov, Lite: Meet the Four (Whacky) Candidates for Texas Lt. Governor

by Eileen Smith | Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 15:26 CST

Ted Cruz mid-speech

by Eileen Smith

Mr. Cruz Goes to Washington

Leave a comment |

Fri, Dec 14, 2012 |

A coveted leadership post in the tea party has opened up and Cruz is most likely salivating at the chance to prove that the uber-conservative wing of the Repub...Read More

by Eileen Smith

Texas Democrats, Make Your Move

Fri, Nov 16, 2012 |

Forget about the great GOP awakening. Now is the perfect time for Texas Democrats to figure out what the hell they’re doing. The default explanation for their...Read More

Gallego vs Canseco: ¿Quien es mas Catolico?

In Texas' 23rd Congressional District, Jesus has taken time out of his busy schedule to endorse the incumbent.

by Eileen Smith

Leave a comment | Tue, Oct 30, 2012

Last Thursday Bill Clinton turned on that old Clinton charm, which seems to work on everyone but his wife, to lend his support to Democratic state Rep. Pete Gal...Read More

Ted Cruz Comes Home to the GOP Establishment

Ted Cruz inches (ever so slightly) over to the Republican establishment.

by Eileen Smith

1 Comment | Tue, Oct 23, 2012

Ted Cruz is where he is today—the next senator from Texas, barring any unforeseen circumstances such as being eaten alive by angry trolls—because of the tea...Read More

Perry 2016? It Would Take an Act of God

by Eileen Smith

Leave a comment | Thu, Oct 11, 2012

Satan runs across the world with his doubt and with his untruths and what have you, and one of the untruths out there that is driven is that people of faith sho...Read More

Call Me Crazy, Maybe: The Sadler-Cruz Debate

by Eileen Smith

Leave a comment | Wed, Oct 3, 2012

What you don’t do, is do your job as a legislator worried that some troll will come along 10 years later or 20 years later and try to run a campaign against y...Read More

Testing Rape Kits a No-Brainer for Most Pols… But Not Dr. Mark Shelton

by Eileen Smith

Leave a comment | Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Incredible as it may seem there are still some issues that can rally bipartisan support. Take, for example, the federal Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registr...Read More

Texas Republicans Become Arabian Knights

by Eileen Smith

Leave a comment | Wed, Sep 19, 2012

Last week Texas Republican heavyweights, from Gov. Rick Perry to Senate nominee and Latino rising star Ted Cruz, weighed in on the riots in Libya almost as quic...Read More

Women’s Rights Takes Center Stage at DNC

by Eileen Smith

Leave a comment | Fri, Sep 7, 2012

Why are we having to fight in 2012 against politicians who want to end access to birth control? It’s like we woke up in a bad episode of Mad Men.—Cecile...Read More

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