After walking up and down the governor’s mansion all night, Texas governor Sam Houston made a decision. “Margaret, I will not do it,” he told his wife. He would not recognize the legality of the 1861 secession efforts, even knowing it would cost him the governorship. “He lived the rest of his days, in...
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The White House has written a letter in response to a petition with over 125,000 signatures requesting for Texas to secede and create its own, new government. The answer is no. “Our founding fathers established the Constitution of the United States “in order to form a more perfect union” through the hard and frustrating...
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Perry and Texas' state climatologist have apparently never spoken about climate change — despite 11 years of chances, and the fact that nearly the entire state is experiencing "exceptional" drought and has been breaking summer heat records all summer long.
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¡Ask a Mexican! ASK A MEXICAN: Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of... By Gustavo Arellano 5/19/2013
Chris Perez, husband of slain Tejana icon Selena, tells of romance, suffering Arts & Culture: In one of the final chapters of his book To Selena, With Love (out March 6), Selena's widower Chris Perez mentions that Abraham Quintanilla, his former father-in-law, once... By Enrique Lopetegui 3/7/2012
'The Flu Season' Arts & Culture: A quarter of the way through The Flu Season, Will Eno’s 2003 absurdist exercise set in a psychiatric hospital, patients in the TV room watch a report on how an entire family fell through early-winter ice and died. Skating on a thin dramatic surface, the pla By Steven G. Kellman 5/17/2013
New Cove Bar is the Latest to Step Up Craft Brew Offerings in SA Nightlife: Believe it or not, The Cove co-owner Lisa Asvestas was once a Coors Light drinker. “Seriously, Coors Light,” she said with a hint of contrition... By Michael Barajas 5/15/2013
La Santa Cecilia: '30 Días' Aural Pleasure Review: If you’re going to put out an EP, make sure it’s as good as La Santa Cecilia’s latest. Eight freaking singles, each one stronger than the next, by the... By Enrique Lopetegui 4/24/2013
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