Of all the outrageous cases of violence that have taken place since Donald Trump's upset victory, few have been nearly as terrifying as what happened to Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald. On the night of December 15-16,...
As primaries for November's mid-term elections happen all over the country, our attentions are again on election integrity.
We are all aware by now Russia had an enormous hand in influencing the outcome of 2016.
And although...
Jill Buckley once said this about Ann Richards, and I find that it is a very apt description.
"She's sort of the female good old boy."
From 1991 to 1995, Ann Richards was the Texas governor. She cut...
Did Dallas, Texas police officer Amber Guyger accidentally park on the wrong floor of her South Side Flats apartment complex and enter Botham Jean's unlocked apartment assuming it was hers?
Did Guyger struggle with the lock before...
It was a Christmas week to forget for folks living in the Dallas area of Texas as at least 11 people have been confirmed dead as huge storms swept through Texas. These floods which spawned tornadoes and blizzards blew off rooftops, uprooted trees and left destruction in their wake.
At a time when it’s been proven that conservatives used false propaganda to get elected, the recent revision of a mandatory abortion book in Texas is found to be loaded with lies.
Some people in America...
Notorious conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, leveraged a double-edged sword against Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas). Utilizing his media platform, Infowars, Jones released a video of Barton masturbating. The video followed TMZ's release of a sexually natured...
Many may have been assigned in high school the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury's inimitable 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451.
If not, briefly, it's a story about a future America in which books are banned, and...
Residents of southeast Texas are working to get their lives back in order after Hurricane Harvey this week. The region is dealing with an array of environmental problems because of the storm.
The Environmental Protection Agency...
Some people just have no sense of humor whatsoever. For example, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Safeer Hasaan has had the same plate for three years: 370H55V. The plate is on his?Lamborghini, but now...
A mere 72 hours after making marriage equality the law of the land, the Supreme Court may be poised to make fundie heads explode once again. In 2013, Texas passed a draconian abortion law that,...
On this sacrosanct day on which we celebrate the inimical Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's timeless legacy, it's normal to reflect on the ways in which Dr. King would be disappointed with the current occupant...
On Monday night, we learned beyond any doubt that Sunday's horrific shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas was completely preventable. The gunman, Devin Patrick Kelley, had been court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his...
I guess I won't be shopping at Walgreens any more.
Veteran Christopher Goodson was asked to remove his service dog from a Mesquite, Texas Walgreens last week and was ultimately kicked out after arguing trying to...
The state of Texas is promising residents of Dickinson funds to help them recover from the disastrous effects of last month's hurricane Harvey.
But there's a caveat.
In exchange for relief, residents must vow never to speak out...
There's a saying, "Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it."
As republicans and anti-choice activists celebrate the recent Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling upholding Texas's abortion ban, California Gov. Gavin Newsome is...
Record turnout in this year's election is throwing Republicans into a tailspin.
They do not want democracy.
They want oligarchy.
But they know Americans outside the extremely wealthy do not.
So to maintain their wealthy donors' hegemony, they work...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry could go to jail for decades. We don't really think he will. These scoundrels rarely see justice. But we're all still having a heck of a time watching this story?unfold, and...
Heather Smith, of New Jersey, received gruesome death threats in her Facebook inbox this past Tuesday. The man responsible has not been named. He hasn't been charged with a crime. His Facebook post shows he...
For the better part of three decades, Benny Hinn has fit every stereotype most of us associate with televangelists. The opulent lifestyle, expensive suits, a near-fanatical following, the lot. Hinn is best known for his...
