Category Archives: Blog stuff

It’s now officially summertime, and whether or not the living is easy or the cotton is high, you can count on the Texas Progressive Alliance to help keep things cool. Click on to read the blog highlights for the week. Continue reading →

I’m still basking in the glow of seeing my Yankees win a pair of games with my dad, so I don’t have a snappy intro to this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup handy. So pretend I had something amusing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Are you looking for the opportunity to get into blogging, but aren’t quite ready to pick a domain name and wrestle with stylesheets and whatnot? Consider joining the Texas Kaos team: Now that we’ve all survived, more or less, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still woozy from the Bloggers Caucus? Well, there’s nothing like a little hair of the blog to cure what ails you. Click on to read the Texas Progressive Alliance roundup for the week. Continue reading →

My photos from the Bloggers Caucus in Austin are here. There’s fewer than I thought, but then I was so busy meeting and talking to people it’s a bit amazing I managed to remember to take any at all. And … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The third biennial Blogger Caucus last night was a ton of fun, and very well attended. I’ll post some pictures later, but for now I can say that we packed the Cedar Door, mostly on the back patio, and a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You know the drill by now, right? The Texas Progressive Alliance Proudly Presents The Third Biennial Blogger’s Caucus Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:30 p.m. – Midnight The Cedar Door 2nd and Brazos Austin, Texas If you’ve ever wanted to know … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is what the bloggers caucus at the 2004 Democratic convention in Houston looked like: Lots of quality, to be sure, but not much quantity. This year, building on our success in 2006, will be a whole lot bigger. If … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance‘s weekly blog round-up–the pre-Convention edition. Don’t forget about the Third Biennial Texas Blogger’s Caucus set for this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Cedar Door in Austin. Joe Jaworski, Sherrie … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Those of you interested in immigration matters, here’s a new blog for you: The Sanctuary. Their mission statement: The Sanctuary is a grassroots effort of pro-migrant, human-rights, and civil-rights bloggers and on-line activists dedicated to the enactment of meaningful immigration … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day holiday-shortened week. Here’s your still-full-length weekly roundup from the Texas Progressive Alliance: Continue reading →

Can you believe how nice the weather has been in Houston lately? About the only nicer thing I can think of is this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Click on for a cool breeze of the bloggy kind. Continue reading →

From the home office in Orlando, Florida, home of the 2008 BlackBerry Wireless Enterprise Symposium, I bring you the best of the Texas Progressive Alliance for the past week. Click on for the goodies. Continue reading →

Christine has now been blogging for eight years. In Internet time, that’s approximately since the dawn of the Paleocene epoch. Speaking as someone who’s been at it for a mere 6.5 years, all I can say is “We are not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still pondering what this year’s NBA playoffs might have been for the Rockets with a healthy Yao Ming? I can’t help you with that – I’m right there with you, in fact – but I can tell you that politics … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Morning News has added a new blog to its stable, this one focusing on Dallas City Hall and other aspects of local government. It’s called, prosaically enough, the Dallas City Hall Blog, and that tells you pretty much what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not feeling the clever intro thing this week, so let’s just get right to the business of highlighting the Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly roundup. Click on for the good stuff. Continue reading →

Every now and then, procrastination pays off. I’d not gotten around to unsubscribing the Professors R-Squared feed from Bloglines because I’m lazy about things like that, and then I looked the other day and lo, they had a new post. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Those of you in or near Austin, who therefore won’t be able to see me on the teevee that night, here’s something you can do with your evening: Help BOR celebrate its fifth birthday: April 24th Progressive hang out Scholz … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is your fondest hope for this year’s NBA playoffs that you don’t have to face the prospect of a Celtics-Lakers final again? I can’t really help you there, but I can point out that this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance roundup … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Happy Tax Day! Whether you’re awaiting a refund or mailing in a check, you can always count on the Texas Progressive Alliance to give you your money’s worth. Click on for the week’s highlights. Continue reading →

So long, PD. I’ll miss your liveblogging from the Capitol, your keen sense of fashion, and of course your crush on former Rep. Carter Casteel. Enjoy your retirement – you will be missed. Continue reading →

I suppose I should say something about this story, in which we learn about the high-stress lifestyle of people who get paid to blog. So I will: This is my hobby. I spend a decent amount of time at it, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

How about those Kansas Jayhawks? I’d show you some video of last night’s game, but I don’t have it and I’d get my butt sued off if I did. So, since we can’t have basketball highlights, how about some blog … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still smarting from Davidson’s lack of a coherent plan for a final shot against Kansas? Or perhaps still in awe that this is the first Final Four of the 64-team era to feature four #1 seeds? Either way, the Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is your bracket irretrievably busted? Do you find yourself cursing schools you hadn’t heard of a week before? Well, I can’t do anything about that, but I can point you towards this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup, which might … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Suffering from a touch of the Irish flu? Well, here’s a little hair of the blog for you, in the form of the Texas Progressive Alliance roundup for the week. Click on (quietly) and enjoy. Continue reading →

Finally recovered from Super Texas Tuesday? Well, here’s this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog roundup to help you make sense of it all. Click on for the highlights. Continue reading →

Rats. I was really looking forward to their analysis of the primaries, too. Ah, well, best of luck in the academic world, Professors. Continue reading →

It’s Super Texas Tuesday! Run for your life! Oh, wait, no, run to the voting booth if you haven’t already. And while you’re waiting in line to cast that vote, here are the highlights from the Texas Progressive Alliance from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Are you one of the umpty-um thousands of people who have voted early yet? If not, you’d better get on line now so you can get to the eSlate machines before the poll close. And if you’re still figuring out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s a new political science professor blogger in town, U of H’s Dr. Richard Murray, who’s giving his thoughts on the Texas primary to Channel 13. It’s good stuff, and I hope he’ll stick around there for awhile. Also new … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Happy Start Of Early Voting Day! To help you celebrate, and to give you something to do as you wait on line to cast that early vote, here’s this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Enjoy! Continue reading →

Can you believe early voting for the March primary starts next week? To get you in the right frame of mind for that, here’s this week blog highlights from the Texas Progressive Alliance. Click on for more. Continue reading →