Musings On Having Natural Disasters as a Determining Factor on Where to Live
This post began as a comment to an article on Space City Weather. Space City Weather is a great site for accessible, hype-free weather information for the …
The Mentally Ill are People Too
The response to mass shootings where the mental health of the perpetrator is in question or where there are known mental health issues often includes …
The Great Catharsis
As I write this, it has been just over two months since Hurricane Harvey cleared out of Houston. At this time, there were still many …
On The Structure of the US Constitution and American Government
Introduction In an era of ever increasing executive and judicial power in the United States, it is a worthwhile exercise to re-read the Constitution with …
Armistice Day
In the United States, November 11th is celebrated as Veteran’s Day. In much of the rest of the world, however, November 11th carries a different …
Well, That Was Interesting
Well, That Was Interesting I’ve got to hand it to you, America, you’ve really outdone yourself. The two major parties nominated the worst two candidates …
He Was A Great Guy (Texas and Red Dirt Country #4)
Back on Tuesday the 17th, we lost visionary singer-songwriter Guy Clark. He was a huge figure not, only in Texas and Outlaw Country, but also …
I Are A Star (Texas and Red Dirt Country #3)
This post originally appeared in BattleRedBlog as a FanPost. For this week’s installment, we have a song from one of the big names in Texas …
That Itch…. (Texas and Red Dirt Country #2)
This post originally appeared in BattleRedBlog as a FanPost In the comments to my first post in this series, JFMC said that this is the …
Well, It Did Rain Today (Texas and Red Dirt Country #1)
This post originally appeared in BattleRedBlog as a FanPost. I’ve been posting this to the SNOT the last few weeks, but no one has replied. …