In a rare moment of sanity for Texas, a grand jury there has refused to indict anyone associated with Planned Parenthood in the wake of a series of undercover videos that purported to show agents of the organization dealing in the organs of harvested fetuses. In a pretty ...read more
Last week we brought you a story that would be barely believable were it not for the fact that A) it involved far-right tea party types, and B) it came out of Texas. It was last Tuesday that Texas's governor, Republican Greg Abbott, announced that he would be activating the ...read more
(Photos: AP) Most people in the United States who aren't living in Texas can barely put up with Texas. It may not be the most ignorant state in the union in terms of concentration, but simply by virtue of it's size it has the largest volume of pure, weapons-grade stupidity and ...read more
Thursday was the one-year anniversary of Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis’ famous filibuster against the enactment of abortion restrictions in the state. While the 11-hour protest made her a national darling of the Democratic Party, you won’t find language about abortion anywhere on ...read more
Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott (R) has delivered on a promise he made in April when he said would welcome the "Bitcoin community" to his campaign. Abbott is the current attorney general of Texas, and will face state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) in the November general ...read more
