I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.

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

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.

Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.

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.

Humanism is not alive and well in Texas. Different colors and types of Texans do not like one another, nor do they pretend to.