All Over the Map

All Over the Map: A Journey from Left to Right

Political scientists routinely describe the current division in American politics as “tribal,” as if the seething intensity each side feels for the other is something new. I was born into a family whose political roots run deep, and I can tell you, unequivocally, that politics has always been tribal.

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Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers: The Sermon on the “Mound” & Religious Illiteracy

After a year of debating and finally passing a new curriculum for Texas public schools, it seems like the day after Christmas is a good time to re-visit this piece I wrote in 2024 about cultural illiteracy and the importance of understanding the role Christianity plays in the foundation of our western culture.

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Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers: Best of 2025

Throughout 2025, I joined the Cardle & Woolley Show every Friday morning on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Starting with the inauguration of President Donald Trump’s second term and an epic session of the Texas Legislature, 2025 has been an epic year, changing the course of history in so many ways, for good and for ill. To reflect a bit, I pulled the best and the worst happenings from this year’s Winners & Losers lists:

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Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers: Watching the Data & the History

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Amid the joys of this holy season and the machinations of the College Football Playoff bracket, here’s the list for this week:

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Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers: Big Map Wins & Other Victories

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Not sure why there are so many more winners than losers this week, but here’s who made the list.

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9th & Congress

9th & Congress: Parents’ Bill of Rights Ends They/Them Fight

An enterprising reporter at the New York Post never believed the FBI when it said that Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old young man who shot President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, didn’t have a social media footprint. She kept digging and found that Crooks was hanging out in some dark corners of the Internet and had a very weird and sometimes awful presence online.

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Winners & Losers

Winners and Losers: Shutdown Losers & College Winners

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Now that the shutdown is finally over, three Texas football teams are in the Top 10 and the Northern Lights are blasting out all over the Lone Star State, here’s who made the list:

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Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers: Texas Wins, Country Loses

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The dust is still setting after Tuesday’s election and I’m stuck in an airport dealing with a cancelled flight, so here’s how it looks to me:

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