Unca Darrell

JUNE 18 / We briefly interrupt our period of mourning for . . .

. . . the front-page headlines of the day:

"28 Pages May Not Unlock Mystery of Saudis and 9/11," The New York Times, front-page lede, June 18, 2016.

"28 pages might be key to unlocking mystery of Saudis, 9/11," The Houston Chronicle, front-page, below the fold, June 18, 2016.

The kicker: It's the exact same . . . . 

JUNE 17 / (Bumped) A note to readers

Dear friends,

I'm honored that you stop by occasionally to read Unca Darrell. And I deeply regret that I have posted very little in recent days. Believe me, as Mr. Trump is fond of saying, tiny right hand chopping the air, index finger aloft -- Believe me, I'm sitting on a bunch of really good stuff. Absolutely first class stuff. The best stuff ever. Everybody says so. But life is more important than blogging, and I have reached a point where . . . 

JUNE 4 / Let's send a check to . . .

. . . The Salvation Army of Greater Houston.

Flooding victims need help, of course, but let's not forget . . .

JUNE 2 / The only remedy for progressivism is . . .

. . . to beat progressives (and this remedy is always temporary). In the meantime, however, we can laugh at them. America's master of ceremonies for mocking the left is P.J. O'Rourke. Read and enjoy:

Faith and greed make me . . .

JUNE 1 / The national Democrats abandoned Texas in . . .

. . . 1972, and Texas returned the favor, with 2.3 million votes for Richard Milhous Nixon and 1.2 for George Stanley McGovern, precursor of the progressivism of today's national party.

Yet Democrats, the traditional party of 20th-century one-party Texas, easily swept statewide elections. Uvalde rancher Dolph Briscoe was elected governor after having dispatched a red hot McGovernite progressive -- Frances "Sissy" Farenthold -- in the Democratic primary. This bit from his excellent 2008 memoir recalls the political dynamics of that volatile year.

I went to the national convention in Miami as an uncommitted delegate, but I also was a vigorous opponent of Senator McGovern's candidacy. I opposed McGovern for several reasons. I was upset by . . .