Tag Archives: Rick Perry
Ken Paxton Suddenly Finds Himself with Few Friends
If Texas politicians are refining the art of how to get indicted, Paxton showed us what not to do. He communicated Monday that he was on the defensive....Read More
Off to the Races
GOP primary season is almost upon us. Duck.
For much of the next year, Texans with a high tolerance for bullshit will have the opportunity to follow along with the finest still-legal bloodsport in the sta...Read More
Texas Public Policy Foundation as the Underdog?
In addition to building luxurious new headquarters, the Texas Public Policy foundation has attempted to rewrite history, making themselves the underdog when, in...Read More
Don’t Laugh, Rick Perry is Running for President Again
In announcing his presidential bid, Rick Perry's task is this: to be taken seriously again....Read More
Truancy Reform Legislation Headed to the Governor
Truancy reform legislation, which would decriminalize Texas’ punitive system for handling students who miss school, has made it to the governor's desk....Read More
Students Plead with Hardliners to Keep DREAM Act
Update: Senators voted on party lines early Tuesday morning to send SB 1819 to the full Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Original: During a debate over the ...Read More
President Ted Cruz? Meh.
Ted Cruz is running. Will Cruzmentum set the world on fire? Probably not, but he could make a hell of a mess of the GOP's Texas primary next year....Read More
WTF Friday: Walking the Line
This week in WTF Friday: Perry goes native in the great white north. Who is Don Huffines, really? Kory Watkins builds a cult of personality, and then raps....Read More
Right (and Wrong) on Crime
For all the praise heaped on Texas for criminal justice reform, we’ve barely even begun the thaw.
After 14 years of enthusiastic prison-building, Perry is taking credit for a tiny softening in his rhetoric on crime just in time for a presidential run....Read More