Apr 28Bring on the Clowns!We have officially made it to clown season during the 88th session of #txlege. …Txlege5 min readTxlege5 min read
Jan 10One Year Later. The Books Just Keep DisappearingIt has been one full year. 365 days. And you can’t tell any story about books and Granbury ISD without starting with the words of the Granbury ISD Superintendent, Jeremy Glenn, from January 10th, 2022. He was in a meeting with district librarians, and told them: “If you do not…Banned Books14 min readBanned Books14 min read
Aug 10, 2022Deeper in the Pockets of TexasDo you want to understand why Texas is the way it is? You have to know who is funding the politicians. 26 people have poured over $56,000,000 in the past 12 months into Texas politics. This illustrates the who and where. Here is the list of individual donors who have…Texas Politics7 min readTexas Politics7 min read
Apr 18, 2022The Road to an “Education Destination”In Granbury, TX, the local school district has been in the news for pulling books from library shelves. There is of course more to the story. This is intended to give you a time line on what has happened, and how I see us getting to this point. It isn’t…Texas Politics33 min readTexas Politics33 min read
Feb 7, 2022Granbury ISD is “Reviewing” BooksOn January 11, 2022, Granbury ISD started removing books from the shelves in their school libraries. The books being removed were primarily from an 850 book listed sent out by Texas House Representative Matt Krause in late October 2021. …Book Banning77 min readBook Banning77 min read
Oct 22, 2021The Both Sides of the Money in Texas PoliticsI’ll tell you the reality right up front, and save those of you who don’t want to wade through a bunch of charts and data a bit of time. There isn’t really a both sides. I’ve pulled the top 25 individual donors to Texas state level races (everything that has…Texas14 min readTexas14 min read
Aug 29, 2021The Christian Nationalism Scale and what it meansChristian nationalism is a term that has been utilized broadly, especially since January 6th, 2021. How do you define Christian nationalism? And how do you know if someone is Christian nationalist? Lucky for all of us, there are experts out there doing the analysis and creating the path for the…Christian Nationalism7 min readChristian Nationalism7 min read
Oct 30, 2020The Roots of Texas House RacesIt is amazing to me how candidates for the Texas House on the GOP side of things STILL don’t seem to have any meaningful grassroots support flowing into their campaign. Is there a lot of money coming in? …Txlege6 min readTxlege6 min read
Oct 12, 2020“School Choice” PACs and Texas Public EducationI need the #txed folks listening intently. If you are a public ed advocate, you need to realize where dollars attempting to privatize education are coming from and who is getting them. This election and this next session are going to be battles, and public education is a focus. We…Public Education4 min readPublic Education4 min read
Sep 16, 2020The Web Behind the Trump / Biden Voter GuideI recently saw someone share a “voter guide” comparing Donald Trump and Joe Biden. It was obvious how the creators of the guide wanted you to vote. It immediately brought to mind the “voter guides” published by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, based out of Virginia, for our 2018 Texas…Election 20205 min readElection 20205 min read
