Notes From Flyover Country : Beto O’Rourke Can Take his West Coast Politics and Stick ‘Em Where the Sun Don’t Shine: The Texas Redistricting Battle

[ad_1] Charlie Daniels “Texas” Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently called a special session of the state legislature to draw new ...
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Big News for Borrowers: FAFSA Opens Early for 2026-27

[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Education has made a major move to help college-bound students and their families: the 2026-27 ...
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Offset Barbecue and Francis Smokehouse Serve Very Good Texas-Style Barbecue

[ad_1] Barbecue, like love, is a many-splendored thing. And, like love, it manifests itself in many forms. Memphis barbecue is ...
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Canada, France, and U.K. Prepare to Recognize a Palestinian State

[ad_1]  On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists crossed from Gaza into Israel and killed more than a thousand people, mostly ...
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How the “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Affect Your Student Loans

[ad_1] Change is coming to federal student loans, and whether you’re a current borrower, planning for college, or helping your ...
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Froma Harrop, Queen of Snark, Calls RFK Jr a Crackpot

[ad_1]  Having lost the presidential election, the Democrats have retreated into sneers, profanity, and snarkiness. Jasmine Crockett is the profanity ...
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Four Winds by Kristin Hannah is a Fine book About The Dust Bowl Years

[ad_1]  Kristin Hannah’s novel, The Four Winds, published in 2021, is a fine book on the Dust Bowl years in America’s ...
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Downwardly Mobile Millennials Voted for Zohran Mamdani, and That Makes Perfect Sense

[ad_1]  Zohran Mamdani won the recent Democratic primary in New York City’s mayoral race,  handily defeating  Andrew Cuomo, the epitome ...
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Ode to Jim’s Barbecue in Waskom, Texas (and a Shout-Out to T.S. Eliot)

[ad_1] We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know ...
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CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert and It’s the End of the World

[ad_1] For years. I was a big fan of The Late Show and watched it most nights when David Letterman was ...
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