At the Monthly, Chris Hooks takes a look at legends past and present surrounding the iconic "Come and Take It" flag. (In Sulphur Springs, there's a "Come and Taste It" stew cook-off.) The legends start early; the actual battle of Gonzales, as I long have known, was little more than a nothingburger. From there, Hooks goes on to gunz. Frontier Texas, like Dodge City of Wyatt Earp days, had most cowtowns ban guns in town. It's all part of the Monthly's 50th anniversary year, talking about Texas "icons." Since I'm not native, and didn't get here as fast as I could, I'm not linking to the whole schmeer.
New wingnuts on the Board of Ed? The Observer takes a look, while noting that redistricting is partially to blame. Antivaxxers, critical race theory haters (including an African-American), and a Jan. 6 insurrectionist highlight the newcomers' "credentials."
A look at last year's drought by the numbers even as the state starts drying out again this winter.
Wingnut Colleyville Mayor Bobby Lindamood, who presides over a city of wingnuts, is out $200K after losing a defamation lawsuit related to his first mayoral election.
SocraticGadfly looked at Nancy Pelosi getting an exorcism and other things from her Maureen Dowd interview.
Off the Kuff analyzes 2022 Democratic performance inside and outside the City of Houston.
Matt Angle searches in vain for a Greg Abbott "signature achievement".
In the Pink Texas marvels at the fight between two of the worst members of Congress.
The Texas Signal looks at the campuses now banning TikTok from their WiFi networks.
Equality Texas provides its legislative bill tracker.
Every Texan explains why we need a fully staffed state government.
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