2021-04-19 16:35
The rise of the "Nones" in America doesn't mean a decline in belief, per this from the Atlantic:"(W)hat was once religious belief has now been channeled into political belief."That… Read More
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A skeptical left-liberal's blogging on Texas and national politics, environmentalism, journalism, church-state issues, atheism, more
2021-04-16 18:55
Many White folk whose parents, or more likely, grandparents, lived in small towns are now moving back to them, as they become less isolated, and are now really exurban areas near growing met… Read More
2021-04-15 14:21
Per the header, those issues continue to lead the Texas Legislature's plate. (That said, there's plenty of other stupidity in the Lege, and plenty of lost opportunities on bills not consider… Read More
2021-04-14 16:36
I blogged earlier this week about my latest quarterly blogroll updates, news, and I threw a sharp elbow at David Sirota with this among the new additions:The Daily Poster, the latest news-an… Read More
2021-04-13 13:08
Breaking, and starting with a look domestically: The federal government is calling for a pause in use of Johnson and Johnson vaccine and plans to do so at any federal vaccine sites. Blood cl… Read More
2021-04-12 18:41
Both New Mexico AND Texas suck at inspecting abandoned oil wells in the Permian. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has done some modest improvements to that into the Land Different, but… Read More
2021-04-12 13:51
First, what's gone?Both of these are not for "ideological" reasons but rather, lack of activity ones.Old friend Shem hasn't blogged in nearly 10 months, so Driven to Abstraction goes to my l… Read More
2021-04-09 14:16
Per the old adage that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, on Dan Patrick's Senate Bill 4, the "Star Spangled Fellatio Act," the scoundrel level is almost as high among Senate Demo… Read More
2021-04-08 17:54
Greenwald said earlier this week that he and husband David Miranda had recently been robbed.He then went on to blame it on coronavirus lockdowns. NOT fair.Rio de Janeiro is in lockdown but G… Read More
2021-04-08 13:30
Who to let vote and who to not let vote, and how to do this, is occupying a fair chunk of the Lege's time. But, as usual every other year about this time, there's more idiocy in Austin right… Read More
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