Dallas, Texas, USA[A jingle plays as The Ben Ferguson Show returns from commercial. In the days following the Battle of Yonkers, Ben Ferguson had started calling for the president to be impeached. Behind the microphone, the host teases his next segment.]All right folks, this is unbelievable. Coming up next, what doesn’t the government want you to know…
By now, you’ve probably heard about Senate Bill 5. You’ve probably also heard that Wendy Davis, a Democratic senator from Ft. Worth, spent 13 hours filibustering Senate Bill 5. Finally, you’ve probably also heard that Tommy Williams, a Republican senator from District 4, called for a warning against Davis for accepting help from Rodney Ellis putting on…
The other day, I was riding to a party at my boss’ house with my colleagues, Eric and Emil.“Maybe we should stop and pick up some beer,” I said. In one sense, I wanted to be a polite guest. In another more accurate sense, we were running late and I was afraid the beer would be gone.”Good idea…
The title of this blog is borrowed from a book by political satirist P.J. O’Rourke. It was written in 1990, but I checked it out again so I’d have something to read on the plane when I covered the Republican convention earlier this year. I wanted to know if it would hold up more than 20 years…
My colleague, Jim, and I are basking, like many of you, in the afterglow of the parties’ nominating conventions. I spent the week in Tampa covering the Republicans; Jim made the trip to Charlotte to see the Democrats.Quickly, let’s review the two parties’ completely different messages:”We need to sound the alarm!” the Democrats declared. “If we elect…