Urban Cowgirl
Despair in Fashion
Shut My Mouth
Since when did "uterus" become an offensive term—especially when you're talking about regulating abortion?
In the immortal words of the great Tammy Wynette, sometimes it’s hard to be a woman. Anyway, that’s the tune I’ve been humming — “Stand by Your Man,...Read More
Bringing Up Baby
On a wintry day in February, I went to the Texas Senate to hear citizens and medical and legal experts testify about the sonogram bill. You know, the bill we’...Read More
What’s in a Nombre?
All you have to do is move and you get this question 600 times a day: “What’s your new address?” Funny they—the friends, the bankers, the credit-card ca...Read More
One Texan’s Xmas List
I’ve finally learned that you have to ask for what you want in this life. I know, I know—getting what you want is another matter. But it’s been a hard yea...Read More
Bloody Bloody Tea Party
When I wasn’t working on a migraine, when I wasn’t despondent about the future of the world, when I was feeling halfway brave, I occasionally tuned in to TV...Read More
What’s Remarkable is How Serious It Was
Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity
My husband and I were two of the hundreds of thousands who showed up for the Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, D.C. Saturday. It was one of those per...Read More
The Textbook Plot
The State Board of Education today instructed publishers to curtail positive coverage of Islam and include more favorable treatment of Christianity in future wo...Read More