Culture
Kid Rock for Senate?
Many have heard by now that Robert James Ritchie (aka Kid Rock) has announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate. He would represent his home state of Michigan. Is this a publicity stunt? Is he serious? […]
Perspective
Federal
AG Sessions Restores Texas Voter ID Law, But Not Our Integrity
Predictably, media outlets across the fruited plain exploded in feigned outrage when Attorney General Sessions abandoned the Justice Department’s previous position that Texas’s voter identification requirements were discriminatory toward minority voters. The reversal was characterized […]
Border
Promoting Immigrant Lawlessness
On July 10 James C. Harrington wrote an article for “The Texas Observer” titled “Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas.” He should have called it “Promoting Immigrant Lawlessness: How to […]
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Why Texas Can’t Have Nice Things
In going through my news round-up, as per usual, I came across an article from our “friends” at The Texas Observer. In an article entitled “Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (or […]
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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. Our Music Music […]
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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. However, what is “cultural?” Texas culture is […]
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Texas IS Texan
One day, I was having a conversation with a buddy of mine from North Carolina. We were discussing the idea of Texas Independence. During our conversation, I brought up the question of whether or not […]
Perspective
Miller on Monday: What Are You Really Celebrating on July 4th?
If you think that July 4th is about something other than secession, then you’ve probably had one beer too many or are suffering from acute hot dog poisoning. Either way, this is a good time […]
Perspective
The Greg Abbott Vetoes
Texas news is abuzz over the vetoes executed by Gov. Greg Abbott. While there is much debate over whether the bills that were killed were good or not, why did the governor veto these bills? […]
Perspective
Re-Texanizing Texas History
There has long been a trend, especially post Civil War, to re-imagine the War for Texas Independence as a proxy conflict between Washington D.C. and dictatorial rule south of the border. The narrative goes along […]