Why are we concerned about Howard Schultz?
Howard Schultz, 65-year-old billionaire ex-CEO of Starbucks, is exploring a run for President as an independent.Howard Schultz will almost certainly never be President.Howard Schultz intends to run on...
View ArticleThe AHCA makes clear: Trump has no clothes
Earlier this week, I turned to the editorial page of the Houston Chronicle and saw this garbage from Marc Thiessen on the op-ed pages.As a conservative, I'm thrilled by the arrival of unified...
View ArticleIt's a little rich for Republicans to complain about "identity politics"
This morning, as I turned to the editorial page of the Houston Chronicle, I was greeted by a screed written by Jonah Goldberg claiming that the racists fueling Donald Trump’s campaign for the White...
View ArticleCould Hillary Clinton win an electoral college landslide? Yes, and here's how.
In the past week, two themes have emerged:One, Hillary Clinton is very likely to win the 2016 Presidential election.Two, because of the current polarized political climate, Hillary Clinton is extremely...
View ArticleTexas Primary Roundup
The Presidential race has been beaten to death — perhaps the most noteworthy thing to come out of the Texas Presidential primaries was Marco Rubio’s (likely) failure to meet the 20 percent threshold...
View ArticleWho Exactly Is "Qualified" For College?
Antonin Scalia is a racist ass, of course, but there’s an even worse aspect to the Fisher v. University of Texas case that deserves everyone’s attention, and it comes not from Antonin Scalia but from...
View ArticleNo, HERO wasn't about turnout.
When a Democratic candidate or initiative loses, the knee-jerk reaction is to blame it on Democrats for not turning out to vote.Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance was not one of those cases.Combined, the...
View ArticleTrump is the GOP's George Wallace
“Every Republican wants to do a big number on Social Security, they want to do it on Medicare, they want to do it on Medicaid. And we can’t do that.”“People as they make more and more money can pay a...
View ArticleCar-free and middle-class status
It's now been nearly three months since I owned a working car. My decision to go car-free was part forced by not having a running car and not having the means at the time to afford even another...
View ArticleWhy Jeb Bush's wealth is a problem in the GOP primary
Being rich. In the party of the rich, you would think it wouldn't be a problem, but it is.At least, it's a problem if you're actually running for office. Jeb Bush has a Mitt Romney problem, though...
View ArticleAre you confident about 2016?
I'm not.At least, not if Democrats campaign like they did this year.There have already been plenty of diaries up about what went wrong last night. I don't feel like rehashing everything here, because...
View ArticleRepublican expresses his contempt for democracy
I had the misfortune of this popping up on my Facebook today, which I considered not linking to because I dare not give page clicks to this web site. But, of course, this author just says out loud...
View ArticleRick Perry thinks he's Ronald Reagan
Oh, he still thinks he can be President.AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the speech that launched Ronald Reagan’s political career with his own lecture Monday night...
View ArticleRep. Louie Gohmert puts together a truly impressive word salad
If I told you that a Congressman actually said this:“I talk to these Secret Service agents, most of them are the same agents who have perform admirably and loyally for all these years, done a stellar...
View ArticleTed Cruz's Dad Goes All Cliven Bundy
At a certain point, conservatives should probably just shut up before they say something really stupid and racist.Conservative activist Rafael Cruz argued that African-Americans need to be “educated”...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the Rick Perry indictment
I've been away from Daily Kos for most of the weekend, so I haven't had any time to comment on the big news coming out of Texas on Friday evening. As a criminal defense lawyer here in Texas, I thought...
View ArticleGreg Abbott: Not doing the Kochs' bidding means the terrorists win
Oh, Greg Abbott. Your opponent in the race for Governor points out that your office is now hiding information about where dangerous chemicals are stored, that you've received a bunch of money from the...
View ArticleIn case you're lukewarm about Hillary Clinton...
The Supreme Court of the United States just reminded the entire country that, yes, a Democratic President, ANY Democratic President, is better than a Republican President.Do you want to know why, if...
View ArticleWhy We Can't Have Nice Things: Race, sprawl, and climate change
It's 2014. The fact that climate change is happening and that humans are causing it should be blatantly obvious at this point, and the question should be "what should be done about it?" But instead,...
View ArticleDecoding the "education reform" dog whistles
"We support higher standards and rigor in the classroom, but every day, concern among parents is growing over Common Core. The feds are taking over and rushing this. Let's face it: centralized planning...
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