Daily Archives: May 27, 2013

Special session is called

And no one is surprised. With the ink barely dry on the bills passed during the 83rd Legislature’s regular session, Gov. Rick Perry called lawmakers back into an immediate special session to consider redistricting measures for the Legislature and the … Continue reading

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Sine die, mofos

Animal speaks for me: There may be a special session on redistricting or any number of other things, or there may not be. In a just world, everyone would get to go home and enjoy the summer. Unfortunately, this is … Continue reading

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Boy Scouts go half gay

There are compromises that actually resolve disputes, and there are compromises that exacerbate them. The Boy Scouts gay compromise is an example of the latter. The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its longstanding policy of forbidding openly gay … Continue reading

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