Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time.

Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.

Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press corps to determine who are actually the ten stupidest members of the Legislature. Two years ago, there were thirty-seven official nominees and several write-ins.

no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.