Culture
Texas State School Board May Drop the “Heroic” Alamo Story
We’re often told that words matter, and indeed they do.
Jesse Newberry
Jesse Newberry is a native Texan from Northeast Texas. His series on Texan culture opens with the ribbing he took for saying "y'all" while working in Kansas. He writes about Texas history, including how Texas schools teach the Alamo, and about self-determination beyond Texas, like California's State of Jefferson movement.
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- Commentary
FaceExit and TEXIT: Self-Determination in the Micro and Macro
It is no secret to the technologically advanced world that Facebook, the social media platform, has recently fallen under much scrutiny over user privacy issues and data-mining.
- Commentary
California Secession: Jefferson & the 51st State
The effort to create the 51st U.S. state is steadily growing. Several counties in California’s more conservative North have long complained about disproportionate representation in Sacramento.
- Economic Analysis
Bitcoin and Texit
Anyone who has kept up with Bitcoin (BTC) knows that BTC has become a huge deal and quite the money making investment, with prices increasing seven-fold since the beginning of 2017.
- Culture
Protecting Texas History
Lately, the media (social and mainstream) is saturated with discussion of the removal of Confederate monuments and protests, and Texas is not immune to this Union-wide discussion.
- Culture
Texan Culture: Part 2
In part one of this article I defined “culture” and illustrated how Texans and others view our culture. In this second part, I discuss several other aspects of our culture before concluding.
- Culture
Texan Culture: Part 1
What is Texas culture? The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) advocates for the “political, economic and cultural independence of Texas.” The political and economic parts are easy to understand.
