Tag Archives: Texas

Jan 6 hearing: Some numbers offer news, and it isn’t bad news

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Naomi

To my dear pessimistic friends, I’ve heard you say, “Yeah but.” You still whip yourselves with the dim prospect of Trump getting away with everything, and cling doggedly to your depressive conviction that nobody’s convictions were changed by the first … Continue reading →

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“Don’t Mess With Texas.” A letter to the NYT editor in response

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Naomi

The article? “Don’t Mess With Texas,” a headline in the June 6, 2022 New York Times. Letter to the Times from my brother, Ethan Fein: “Texas does a perfectly good job of messing with itself. Outside participation is superfluous.”

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Texas. It’s always Texas. So why is there some good news out there?

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Naomi

Today, Mimi Swartz, the estimable Texas journalist, published an incisive opinion piece in the Times. She lays out the surreal realities of Texas politics and politicians, the reason why I find myself frequently muttering, “Texas. It’s always Texas.” For me, … Continue reading →

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