Left Hooks
What Democrats Can Learn from Louisiana (No, Really)
The election of Democrat John Bel Edwards as governor of Louisiana is one of the most significant but ignored progressive policy victories in years.
The last four years have been among the grimmest periods in the Democratic Party’s history. State parties in nearly every region have been decimated, Dems hav...Read More
The Left Needs Its Own Tea Party
The Trump era is something new in American politics, and only a new approach can counter it.
The Trump era is something new in American politics, and only a new approach can counter it. ...Read More
State Leaders on Atrocious Child Welfare System: Don’t Blame Us!
It’s as if state lawmakers owned an amusement park with a roller coaster that chucks a few riders to their deaths every month: We should fix that, they say periodically.
Texas state officials and legislators refuse to fund the state's child welfare system, then try to shift the blame when it fails....Read More
Money for Nothing: D.C. Dems View Texas as an ATM
Writes Chris Hooks: The D.C. folks would be more than worth the money if they were any good, but lefties can't seem to get a leg up in the Lone Star state....Read More
Can GOP Failures Get the Texas Democratic Party Started?
Corruption and clownish behavior on the right could open doors for left-leaning leaders, but Texas Dems will have to work hard to get their act together....Read More
Sid Miller, Shotgazi and the End of the Texas GOP
Sid Miller's offering a grad course in buffoonery, and Ken Paxton's not far behind. Is it the end of the Texas GOP? Maybe, but things can always get worse....Read More
Y’all, Hillary Could Lose
Clinton’s lengthy record on domestic issues puts her at odds with the direction of her own party and the voters who comprise the Obama coalition. Her foreign ...Read More
Closing Our Doors, Closing Our Minds to Syrian Refugees
No statement from the Governor’s Mansion in the last year summoned as much bile in my well-worn throat as Abbott’s vociferous declarations that Texas would ...Read More
What California Can Teach Us About Texas
If the Lone Star State doesn't want to be like the Golden State, we're really doing it wrong.
Texas badly underinvests in health care, education and infrastructure at a time of extreme growth. It seems that, like California, we’ll further restrict our ...Read More