Tag Archives: Rick Perry
The Texas Miracle #24: Rick Perry’s Last Dance
On the podcast: 'He looked very matadorly,' and other Rick-related phrases you never thought you'd hear, plus: Cruz's conscience and clown lives... matter?
On the podcast: 'He looked very matadorly,' and other Rick-related phrases you never thought you'd hear, plus: Cruz's conscience and clown lives... matter?...Read More
Loon Star State: Unemployment Benefits
In this month's award-winning Loon Star State cartoon by Ben Sargent, a post-'Dancing with the Stars' Rick Perry goes looking for a new gig — again. ...Read More
The Texas Miracle #23: She Fought the Law — and the Law Lost
Meet the Brooklynite who took on Texas' anti-abortion regulations, and won. Plus: The latest on campus carry and the ethics of 2016 election coverage.
Meet thirtysomething Brooklynite Stephanie Toti, who took on Texas' anti-abortion regulations, and won. Plus: The latest on campus carry and the 2016 vote....Read More
The Texas Miracle #22: Dancing with the Snark (and Rick Perry)
Rick Perry makes his reality TV debut, an abortion storytelling show travels across Texas, and the latest Sid Miller silliness.
Rick Perry makes his reality TV debut, our journos struggle with the climate 'skeptic' who heads a federal science committee, and an abortion storytelling show ...Read More
The Radical Theology That Could Make Religious Freedom a Thing of the Past
Even devout Christians should fear these influential leaders' refusal to separate church and state.
Dominion theology explicitly rejects the United States' venerable separation of church and state, and Dan Patrick and the gang like it that way....Read More
Can the GOP Protect Us From Johnny Football and Dennis Hastert?
If the Republican Party is so concerned about 'safety,' it should ditch bigoted anti-trans bathroom bans and focus on a threat much closer to home.
Republicans are afroth about keeping women and children "safe" from a fabricated threat — trans people in bathrooms — meanwhile defending admitted abusers....Read More
Texas Lawmakers Aren’t Actually Supposed to Try to Make Things Worse, Right?
The state excels at creating solutions in search of problems, making life more difficult for the most marginalized Texans.
To me, it looks as though the problem the state has is with some Texans. Texans who aren’t wealthy white folks, or who aren’t likely to be turning up to vot...Read More
Eye on Texas: Texas Politics in Black and White
Heroes, villains and mediocrities, all captured on film.
From grainy, grim photos of early Texas patriarchs (Mirabeau Lamar, José Antonio Navarro) to Ann and Rick and W., Picturing Texas Politics is a thuddi...Read More
Adios, Mofo: Perry Cashes Out
Was Perry too good for this world, they’ll ask? Rick will be fine. He should know that politics is cruel: He’s been the one wielding the meat cleaver too ma...Read More