Tag Archives: Sid Miller
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
When Very Public Christians Go Astray
The Bible commands Christians to “abstain from all appearance of evil,” making things a little awkward for Texas officials facing criminal investigations....Read More
The Texas Miracle #17: Killer Robots and Taco Horses
What the future might look like now that the Dallas police force has experimented with a killer robot, plus Texas trivia with a French twist.
Dallas' increasingly militarized police force is now armed with killer robots (really), plus Texas trivia with a French twist....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
The Texas Miracle #3: The Gospel of Soup
Tune into our weekly podcast, with all the news you need — and some you wish you didn't — about the Lone Star State.
On the podcast: our roundtable wonders at the wild world of Sid Miller, plus we take Texas to task for leaders' mishandling of the foster care system....Read More
Our Democracy is in a State of Incompetency — Can Someone Call a Grown-Up?
The highest qualification for office has become having no qualifications at all, and we're bound to feel the effects of ineffective governance....Read More
High on the Hog
Texas' Republican ag commissioner spent $55,000 outfitting his office with taxidermy and other bits of Wild West ephemera.
The Republican spent $55,000 outfitting his office with western-themed decor and various iterations of taxidermied wildlife....Read More
Texas’ Great Achievements in Political Internetting, 2015
Despite a great deal of evidence suggesting that this is a terrible idea, elected officials in Texas are able to post their thoughts on the Internet. They have ...Read More
Sid Miller’s Middle East Peace Plan: Nuke ‘Em!
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who looks and acts like a French cartoonist’s caricature of a Texan, is a member in good standing of the state GOP...Read More