1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgRoger Shattuckhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/roger-shattuck/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dACRDtJbtI"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/2131-afterword-the-texas-of-my-mind/">Afterword</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/2131-afterword-the-texas-of-my-mind/embed/#?secret=dACRDtJbtI" width="600" height="338" title="“Afterword” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="dACRDtJbtI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The following essay was written for the December 27, 1974, issue of the Observer, in honor of the magazine’s 20th anniversary. We publish it here in its entirety in honor of the late Roger Shattuck. Parts of the essay are obviously dated. Most significantly, unionized labor has long ceased being “the most powerful organized sector […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402