The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes all its readers have a
safe and sane run-up to Christmas as it presents this week’s roundup.
Off the
Kuff looked at how statewide candidates
performed in Harris County.
SocraticGadfly
takes a skeptical look at the
Betomania 2020 Kool-Aid.
(David
Bruce Collilns takes his own piñata whacks at
both Beto and centrist Democrats.)
Texas
Leftist notes the worries
of the Texas Vietnamese community in the wake of the latest Trump
administration deportation threats.
And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs
and news sites.
The Texas Observer's Joe Nick Patoski has
a long-form piece about the idea that, as nationally with the
National Park Service, Texans are loving state parks to death. The Observer
notes that many of the problems started after 2000, which is a political
dividing point in the state, of course. (Editor’s note: A new TPWD system, which
will allow reservations for parks, even down to time of entry, will only
shuffle the problem around, not make it better, and it may make it worse.)
The Chron notes that many Houston-area residents are NOT sold on an Ike Dike.
A speech language pathologist has lost her job over Texas' most-certainly unconstitutional anti-BDS law; the ACLU is suing in a similar case involving an NPR station employee right here at KETR in Northeast Texas, per Mondoweiss.
The Chron notes that many Houston-area residents are NOT sold on an Ike Dike.
A speech language pathologist has lost her job over Texas' most-certainly unconstitutional anti-BDS law; the ACLU is suing in a similar case involving an NPR station employee right here at KETR in Northeast Texas, per Mondoweiss.
The Texas Trib has a news analysis piece on
school finance in the coming Lege.
At the Dallas Observer, Jim Schutze has a
news analysis piece does
a call-out of Julian Castro and his presidential plans, and also
calls out Dallas’ old black establishment.
Texas Vox analyzes environmental
bills filed so far in the Lege.
The
Bloggess presents the Ninth Annual James Garfield Christmas Miracle.
Elise
Hu reported on brain-machine interfaces at the University of Houston.
Swamplot
has the perfect present for the Astrodome-lover in your life.
Better
Texas Blog updates us on where we stand with school finance.
Dan
Solomon ponders the demise of the breastaurant.
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