Weekly Poll Wrap-Up

The poll question last week was, “what would be the most interesting hook-up in the Texas capitol?” A no-brainer from the start, winning handily with 58% were Glen Maxey and Warren Chisum. As most Capitol-watchers know, Glen Maxey used to have the longest job title in Texas politics, always quoted in newspapers as “State Representative READ MORE…

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Interoffice Memorandum

To: Miya Shay, Elise Hu, Catie Beck, Jenny Hoff, Mary Benton, and whoever the new Mike Rosen is at Fox7 From: Station Management As always, thank you for all your hard work on broadcast TV covering political news in the Texas Capitol. We know it is a challenging assignment, but the work is important and READ MORE…

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Candidate Training 101

Candidates, thanks for coming to class today. I know you’re working hard, and I appreciate your dedication to public service. I know all of you hope you will win your elections. Unfortunately, that will only be possible for about half of you. But at the very least, chances are great that you won’t end up READ MORE…

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Great band name update…

We here at Letters From Texas Worldwide Headquarters leave no stone unturned to bring you the very best in band names, whether we like the music or not.

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Weekly poll do-over

Over the weekend we did our usual weekly poll wrap up, except it was a bit unusual because it actually contained a serious thought or two. On this site. Written by me. I know, I know — but it happens. Except that this other essay is a much more insightful, constructive, and hopeful perspective on READ MORE…

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Best headline of the week so far

Every once in a while, a headline writer manages to slip one by ‘em.

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Voter participation update

Apparently, the electorate in Pillsbury, North Dakota, has no significant complaints about how things are going.

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Weekly poll wrap-up

The results of last week’s poll are in. It was an uncharacteristically serious question, “if you could climb into a time machine and change the outcome of one historical event this decade, which would it be?” A clear majority, 62%, said they’d go back to the 2000 election, get Ralph Nader off the Florida ballot, READ MORE…

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Dear state Republican Delegates:

Welcome to Houston! I’m sure you’ll have a good time. I should know, I’m from there. The heat this time of year perfectly accentuates the 100 percent humidity. I suggest that the women bring extra Aquanet. Also, Houston is Democratic, soon to be followed by Harris County turning blue. Every Republican officeholder in the area READ MORE…

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Meanwhile, in today’s bird news…

Police in Connecticut are investigating why the chicken crossed the road…with a pipe bomb. They’ve finally positively I.D.’ed a real chicken at a McDonald’s restaurant, and of course it had nothing to do with the McNuggets. A homing pigeon in the middle of a pigeon race instead started hanging out at a hospital. Maybe the READ MORE…

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