New Orleans Trump knows he’s wrong. Killing FEMA would be a human and political disaster. Being asked by reporters whether he still believed ending FEMA was the right move, he clearly was hesitating and rethinking the issue. The terrible tragedy in central Texas due to the flooding of the Guadalupe River and to …
Category: Texas
Weaponizing the Law, Texas Style
Pearl River We don’t read much about it, because the news these days is so DC and Trump-centric, but if we really want to understand what a weaponized US Justice Department might look like in going after opponents without any pretense of following the rule of law or the Constitution, all we have to …
Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards in Texas Energy Fight
New Orleans Texas has a reputation as oil country. There aren’t drilling rigs on the state capitol grounds in Austin, like there are in Oklahoma City, but you can find them almost everywhere else. Less well known is that Texas has also been a leader in building alternative energy production and integrating wind …