Less than a year after erasing the impact of Thomas Jefferson’s political ideas from the state’s textbooks, Texas conservatives suddenly have a hard on for Thomas Jefferson. Last March, the Texas Board of Education decided to toss out and demphasize pesky references to The Enlightenment and the revolutionary ideas it spawned. They decided to promote [...]
The week isn’t over yet and we’ve had way too much entertainment up on Capitol Hill, brought to us by America’s Oil companies. Today we find, that British Petroleum does have a friend in Washington. Its Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce. The Republican lawmaker apologized to BP [...]
Burt Reynolds is a god among men and here’s why. First, let me say that I am a bit biased. As a product of the 1970s and living in a state that had fairly strict Blue Laws restricting virtually any means of amusement other than going to movies or going to open houses on Sundays. [...]
A veteran Dallas County jail guard has been fired for making offensive comments to co-workers, including his contention that gays should be “put to death.” Stephen Johnson, 59, had been disciplined for making offensive comments in the past, records show. He was fired last January for conduct unbecoming an officer and for lying to internal [...]
Parents…I know it seems cool to be “friends” with your kids but some of you need to grow up. In my neck of the woods, four year old Taylor Pugh has decided that he wants to grow his hair out. His school has decided that he is violating the school district policy and needs to [...]
The JSA staff (at this point consisting of myself and the fabulous Holly Comesoftly) made a pilgrimage to the State Fair of Texas a few weeks back. It was the day of the Texas-OU game so we got to see plenty of long faced OU fans moping about Fair Park as they munched on fried [...]
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