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Eddie Rodriguez, Elliott Naishtat among most liberal members of Texas House

  • Eddie Rodriguez
  • July 8, 2011
A pair of Democratic state lawmakers from Austin – Reps. Eddie Rodriguez and Elliott Naishtat – were two of the most liberal members of...
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A Better Motive

"Every person is more than the worst thing that they have ever done."—David Lee Powell, convicted cop-killer, commenting on his...
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Closing Holes

The other night on the PBS News Hour, David Brooks had this to say about the proper role of government versus industry in stopping the oil spill in...
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State officials jockeying for favor, not representing people

If you ever wondered why so many Texans are flocking to the ranks of the Texas Nationalist Movement, you have only to watch the antics of our...
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Sound Bites, or drinks

Heard recently on Congress Avenue, a few blocks south of the Capitol and east of the renovating Governor's Mansion, from an insufficiently...
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The Republican Sense of Entitlement

Throughout much of the country, and certainly in Travis County races, one hears candidates and those voicing opinions about the future outcomes of...
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Rand Paul, so right he is wrong

Rand Paul's favorite way of criticizing the evil "Marxists", the Teabagger term for liberals and Democrats, led of course by that...
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Miller: Dems threaten 'run for the border' if special session called

Although some of state’s Republican lawmakers told several reform groups last week there would be no special session of the Legislature to...
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Texas Republicans won't defend state sovereignty

AUSTIN – The hopes of a variety of movements around Texas -- from Tea Party activists, “Ron Paul Republicans,” libertarians and...
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TNM president challenges Democrat legislators to debate the U.S. Constitution

NEDERLAND, Texas – The president of the Texas Nationalist Movement has offered to debate the U.S. Constitution with the state legislators who...
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