Negative Space: Texas
- Abilene for Shadowrun
- The All-American City! ‘Just another small town’ on the surface; a seething pot of skeletons in the closet, a hideous past best forgotten, racism hidden behind the facade of Christian brotherhood, and hand-shaking politicians that’ll stab you as soon as you turn your back. Editable RTF.
- Buffalo, Texas: The Horse’s Mouth on Highway 79
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This tiny little bookshop and coffeehouse is worth stopping at if you’re on Highway 79 and need a browse, a coffee, or a shake.
- California never had a free market power failure
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California’s experiment in free market power generation has become mythological in how it is remembered. The left is desperate to tar it as a free market failure. But California’s experiment wasn’t free market. It was a massive government-managed exchange practically designed to cause high prices.
- Democratic District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg: The Star of the Anointed
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A District Attorney tries to use her position and connections to escape arrest for drunk driving. She fires the employee who points out that this is conduct unbecoming a District Attorney, and indicts the governor who argues that this is conduct antithetical to the head of the Public Integrity Unit. The real problem: capital cities attract corruption.
- Does Hurricane Harvey support socialism in Texas?
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Should Texas forego federal assistance because Texans dislike socialism?
- Every state should plan to secede
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A state cannot secede without a plan for handling the duties of the federal government. It’s the same stuff a state would need a plan for if the federal government becomes temporarily unable or unwilling to perform its duties.
- Friends of the New Braunfels Public Library Annual Book Sale
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The annual New Braunfels Library sale is well worth a visit if you live nearby.
- He’s not telling the truth, entirely
- Isn’t “not telling the truth, entirely” kinda like “lying”?
- An I-35 book drive
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If you’re looking for a day trip to get you out of the house now that spring is here, why not drive up (or down) I-35 and visit some small bookstores between Round Rock and Waco?
- My year in food: 2022
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From New Year to Christmas, from ice cream to casseroles, from San Diego to New Orleans, from 1893 to 2014… and beyond!
- November 2021 Texas propositions
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There are several proposed amendments to the Texas constitution on the ballot November 2. Here are some quick summaries of what they mean.
- Old, Unused Term Papers and Reports
- Excuse me? You mean even my stupid old high school term papers are ‘in your face’? That’s the case in Texas as of September 1, 1997: the law makes me a criminal if I “should reasonably have known that a person intends to use them to satisfy an academic requirement”. Come on, somebody out there is going to be stupid enough to try and pass one of my mediocre papers off as their own. I’ve been working for years to convince people to put their studies, reports, and papers on-line and share their data. Is that now a subversive act? Heads up, Texas. Maybe it ought to be illegal to prepare, pass, or encourage laws when the person knows, or should reasonably have known, that the law in question is silly as hell.
- Origin vs. Destination sales taxes: where should Internet taxes go?
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In the midst of one of the worst disasters for small businesses in my lifetime, the Texas Comptroller wants to make life even more difficult for them.
- Palestine, Texas: The Palestine Public Library
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The Palestine Public Library opens their booksale room about once a month. If you’re in the area, it’s well worth a look.
- Round Rock Chalk Walk
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We walked up to downtown Round Rock on Saturday for the annual? Chalk Walk. There were food trucks with fried cheese sandwiches; fresh ice cream from Maggie Moo’s; local music; and, after the show, beer at The Brass Tap and college football.
- Round Rock extends dangerously low speed limits on Highway 79?
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Are accidents along Highway 79 in Round Rock the result of speed limits that are too high, or are they the result of speed limits too far below the 85th percentile?
- Texas 2014
- News and Stuff about Texas and the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Area in 2014.
- Texas 2015
- News from Texas in 2015.
- Texas 2023 legislative priorities
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The Texas legislature is in session now for 2023; other than special sessions, it won’t meet again until 2025. Everyone has their priorities. Here are mine.
- Texas and Round Rock
- News from Texas, and especially Round Rock/Austin.
- Texas open carry Senate hearing
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Texas is considering open carry—yes, that’s right, the great and wild state of Texas is not one of the forty-four states that allow open carry! In a state that already has concealed carry, self-defense opponents need a new spin on their arguments that carrying will cause a bloodbath.
- Texas school choice
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Anti-choice activists in Texas are concerned that letting parents choose which schools to send their children to would remove all accountability from those schools.
- TXU bets against deregulation and loses
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TXU was once the government-sponsored monopoly energy provider in Texas. They just went bankrupt, apparently because they expected a free market to act like a government market.
- The Ultimate Government Accountability Reform
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You really want to make government accountable? Define a simple process by which voters can choose to have their state exit the United States of America.
More Information
- ERCOT’s Phantom Reserve Margins Spell Trouble for Summertime
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July 8 2020: “Wind and solar energy are intermittent, meaning their contributions to the grid plummet dramatically when the wind stops blowing or the sun stops shining. And although ERCOT clearly has no control over the weather, this challenging situation is made worse when forecasts are based on assumptions that create a false sense of security about the reliability of the grid.”
- Imperial Sugar Free Digital Cookbooks
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“We’ve gathered our favorite holiday recipes and compiled them into digital cookbooks for you to peruse. From holiday cookies to our most popular Thanksgiving recipes, you’ll find lots of tested and proven recipes in these books. Just download your favorite and view it online, or print it for future use. You can even share with your family and friends!”
