Editorial
Editorial: Texas Democrats Need to Throw Out the Political Rulebook
Politics isn’t about truth; it’s about power.
Maybe you heard it when Governor Greg Abbott critiqued local officials who enforced his pandemic executive orders. Or maybe it was when U.S. Senator John Cornyn...Read More
Loon Star: Greg Abbott’s Rickety Ship
Hoist the tops! Lower the tops!
To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here. Read more from the Observer:...Read More
Loon Star: Nothing to See Here, Folks
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What the Black Lives Matter Protests Mean for East Texas
Protests where I grew up–where lynchings and KKK marches have occurred in my lifetime–could signal a shift in the region long plagued by racial terror.
The first time I thought I knew someone famous was when I saw a man we called Byrd on television. I lit up. Byrd, a Black man I recognized as a friend of my dad...Read More
Loon Star: Leading By Example
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Loon Star: Make America Sick Again
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Loon Star: ‘Let’s Get Back to Work’
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Loon Star: About Those Elections…
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A Modest Proposal: Replace the Iowa Caucuses
The process stinks, and we should be having a wider discussion about what ought to replace it.
Even before embarrassing technical mishaps rendered the Iowa caucuses a spectacular anti-climax, it seemed that Americans’ patience with the way our political...Read More