Archive for July 2025

This past Tuesday, July 15, the campaign contributions and expenditures reports were due. Yesterday, I went online to check out some that were posted. One of the things I look for is how much was raised, how much was spent, and cash-on-hand (COH), or what is the campaign account bank balance on the last day…

Craig Melvin of “Today” mentioned the term “baseball purist” this morning. Craig was talking about the way the MLB All Star Game was decided last night with the “swing-off” rather than the traditional extra innings. I don’t think baseball purists exist these days. A purist would be someone who still wants the MLB game of…

The featured photo is sad to see. It is still heartbreaking. _____ This just came out. DALLAS, TX — Senator Nathan Johnson issued the following statement concerning his run for the Office of Texas Attorney General:  “Texas stands among the most powerful and important governments in the world. We ought to have a good lawyer.…

On “What’s Your Point” yesterday, the Breitbart Texas fella, on the issue of the upcoming special legislative session taking up congressional district, he criticized the boundaries of the 10th and 33rd congressional districts of Texas. I guess the Breitbart Texas fella didn’t read this piece from the Trib in October of 2021. See this from…

We all heard about this yesterday. See this from the Trib: State Sen. Angela Paxton announced Thursday she has filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation,” Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, said in a post on X. “But in light of recent discoveries, I do not…

Texas Monthly reads Commentary. I said this yesterday about Gov. Greg Abbott’s response at a presser on Tuesday: His response was borderline bizarre and one hundred percent pathetic. Then Texas Monthly put out a story about Abbott’s response and here is the headline: Greg Abbott’s Bizarre Postflood Football Analogy Here is the entire Texas Monthly…

The media is just doing its job. Commentary is talking about journalists covering the Hill Country flooding and trying to figure out what went wrong. Yesterday, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in a flyover of the ravaged Texas Hill Country. Afterwards, the governor with his entourage in tow stood before the media to answer a few…

One year ago today, Hurricane Beryl hit the H-Town area. In today’s Chron, CenterPoint purchased a full-page ad saying they are better prepared. In my book, better prepared means not as many will lose power during the next hurricane, and for those that lose power, power is restored quickly. We will see. _____ The Trib…

This about sums up what an idiot is. See this from the Chron: Houston Mayor John Whitmire is taking steps to permanently remove a member of the city’s food insecurity board following racial comments she made on social media about the devastating flooding in the Hill Country that decimated Camp Mystic, a private summer camp for girls. Sade Perkins…

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight,O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in airGave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there.Oh,…