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Confounding Mysteries of Politics, Culture, and History, Under a Lone Star
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American Dreams (opens the original)
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“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” - John Muir, naturalist<img
The Day the News Fell from the Sky (opens the original)
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(The TV news helicopter crash in Los Angeles that killed three people is prompting this piece repost. I wrote it a few years ago, and it speaks to what I personally view as the absurdity of helicopters to cover local news. The lives lost were wasted on what amounts to a frivolous endeavor to attract more TV viewers. This is a story of the competitive market pressures that cause these tragedies and why it needs to come to an end. - JM)<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/ima
America’s Manufactured Reality (opens the original)
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It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads. - Andy Borowitz, funny human<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="89.65367965367966" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3LOE!,w_1456,c_li
Tipping Texas to Save America (opens the original)
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Democrats in Texas tend to be afraid to express optimism over elections. For more than three decades, they have put more hope than logic and organization into their electoral politics. It has seemed that only the circles of the sun would, eventually, take them to a realistic place where circumstance suggested a different outcome than defeat. We may have, finally, arrived at such a time, and the evidence abounds.First, there is a single number in the August University of Texas poll that ought to
Render Unto Greg (opens the original)
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Every few days the governor of Texas opens his phone and shares a little scripture with the rest of us. Proverbs, mostly. Some Isaiah when he is feeling expansive. The verses arrive on X between announcements about invasions and border czars and whatever else is threatening the Republic this week, and they land with the unmistakable serenity of a man who believes he has the Almighty’s proxy vote.He has been doing this a long time. He has been doing everything a long time. Greg Abbott has now bee
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