Police Discover Privacy—When the Cameras Watch Them A Canadian software engineer has found a remarkably effective way to explain the problem with surveillance: point the camera in the other direction.
. A Person’s Actions Can Reveal Intent Did the ICE agent run over the man on purpose? You be the judge. I had not paid much attention to this story
Houston City Council’s October 7 approval of a $2.6 million car-wash contract raises a question much larger than the cost of washing city vehicles: Why is Mayor John Whitmire’s administration
Billionaire Money Meets the Blue Wave The Republican billionaires are piling up money like sandbags against a rising blue wave. My reading is that it may already be too late
For more than 30 years, Texas Republicans have been very good at one thing: giving voters somebody to fear. Immigrants. Crime. Socialists. Gays. Transgender people. Woke schools. The border. Election
Once a thief, always a thief? Sticky-finger Paxton, a pen, a wife- keep your eyes on him. Ken Paxton has had a long political career filled with investigations, indictments, impeachment,
If you want to know my opinion on Leslie Briones, here it is. I didn’t support her when she first ran in the Democratic Primary; she wasn’t my first choice, and
Here is a short version that sticks to what we can prove and lets the reader draw the political conclusion. Whitmire Blamed the Judges When Crime Was High John Whitmire’s
Greg Abbott finds himself in an election that he did not anticipate. Now he realizes that people have discovered that they had been getting screwed by him, while taking millions
The Caravan Returns Before the Election. Greene Says Why. In June 2024, I wrote that Americans would soon hear about another “invading caravan” heading north. I asked why caravans become
Some people are making money while other long-term residents are forced out of their homes because of rising property values. Texas could protect people from being priced out of their
I am tired of seeing the Republicans with transgender attack ads. How many transgender people do you know? I have worked in a job where I met thousands of people
My read: Proposition A has a strong public safety argument, especially on no-knock warrants, but the fixed 15-second rule and the risk of a state-law challenge deserve attention. Pros Cons
Texas Republicans Let Voter Registrations Sit for Nearly a Year. Now They Call It an Error. A Texan updates a driver’s license, asks to register to vote, and goes on
Letiicia Gutierrez like Jack and the Beanstalk may topple the Giant. Last month, I wrote about Alex Mealer’s campaign in Texas’s 9th Congressional District. Mealer has made herself a champion
Republicans control Texas. They control the governor’s office, the Legislature and the agencies that issue licenses, regulate businesses and enforce state law. Their party also controls the White House and
Meet Bo French, the Republican nominee for a statewide office in Texas. French is not some anonymous internet troll sitting outside the political system. He is the Republican nominee for
Amazing what $20 billion that should have been ours buys, with Abbott’s political position at stake. Miller provides the children; Abbott provides the warehousing of them. The language used by
The image on the left: I prefer the nickname Sticky Finger Paxton; it is simple and easy to remember. Republican PACs are throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into political
These are most of the races I can choose from (My Sample Ballot); they’re all Democrats. If we want to change the direction in which our country is heading, we
