Crybaby Yankee

Gov. Greg Abbott is a lousy human being. If you disagree, you need to have your head checked.  His comments yesterday on sending infant formula to help migrant kids was even condemned by some GOP folks. Abbott is in a position to be part of the solution.  Instead, he lets hate consume him.  He is…

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Where’s Yogi?

One of My Best Friends gave me a cool T-shirt from the Baseball Hall of Fame that has the names of Hall of Fame greats who wore an Astros uniform and the years they wore it. Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell of course. Those no longer with us like Leo Durocher, our manager at one…

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For Danielle Bess

I was supposed to be in jury service this morning. I got an email late yesterday afternoon that said this: You recently received a notification directing you to appear for jury service. Due to scheduling reasons your original service date has changed. Your first day of jury service has been moved to (I am not…

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Proud Subscriber

H-Town, we have something special in Lisa Falkenberg, Vice President, and Editor of Opinion for the Chron. She won her second Pulitzer Prize yesterday. The Chron E-Board won for their series last year on the Big Lie. Other E-Board members that were part of the win include Michael Lindenberger, Deputy Opinion Editor, former E-Board member…

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Close Race

Commentary is kind of surprised that former H-Town city council member and HISD Trustee Jolanda Jones only squeaked by in the special election this past Saturday with a 52% to 48% win.  She won by 202 votes over Danielle Keys Bess. Jones won mail ballot voting by 364 votes. Bess won in person voting by…

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Love Classified

I saw this on the Daily Beast this morning: A handful of Republican senators on Wednesday fired a shot across the bow in the name of wholesome conservative values, demanding that television content ratings be reupholstered so that parents could better defend their children from shows afflicted by the dastardly scourge of LGBTQ+ representation. It…

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Cinco de Mayo

Commentary must give a shout out to the Chron E-Board headline writer for today’s hard copy headline. Here it is: Tampon tax is discriminatory – period Nice job. _____ I mentioned something along these lines yesterday. Here is from the Trib today: At a time when Texas is poised to outlaw the vast majority of…

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May the Fourth

Commentary thinks it is setting in. For decades, GOP leaders have been front and center on overturning Roe. Now that it looks like it may happen, the same GOP leaders are outraged that the decision was leaked. They are treating the leak like a major breach in national security. It is not. I think they…

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1,999

Ruh Roe. Commentary has been doing Democratic Party politics longer than anyone – I think – in this part of the state. I won’t take a back seat to anybody on service to the Democratic Party. That is why I will reiterate what I said after we lost in November of 2016. It was the…

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Bob Krueger

My friend Bob Krueger left us on Saturday. He was 86. He was a U.S. Senator, member of Congress, Texas Railroad Commissioner, Ambassador, professor, and scholar. A Shakespearian scholar at that He leaves his lovely wife Kathleen and his children. I had the honor of being a groomsman in Kathleen and his wedding. I also…

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