Unca Darrell

Now to NOVEMBER 8 / Closed: Unca Darrell will vote for . . .

. . . one of the worst human beings and presidential candidates in American history, Donald John Trump. Here's why: 

OCTOBER 10 / UPDATE: Houston Chronicle editorial board is dumbfounded . . .

. . . by Sunday night's presidential debate. The lede is a hoot. Its tone, typically, is pompous. Its figurative language is gloriously incomprehensible: how exactly can a spectacle ("a visually striking performance or display") slouch? And the sophomoric misuse . . .

SEPTEMBER 5 / Beyond parody

ON LONG WEEKENDS, the Houston Chronicle apparently takes off early and leaves the editorial page in charge of a college intern.

"Feed the goldfish. Water the plants. And, for goodness sakes, don't . . . 

JULY 1 / That to which the Progressive Project . . .

. . . condemns our children and grandchildren, per the Congressional Budget Office:

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 . . . 

MAY 28 / A must-read Chronicle takedown over at . . . .

. . . Big Jolly Politics.  

MAY 10 / Michael Berry on Houston bloggers and the wonder of it all

From Michael Berry's morning radio broadcast of May 10, from about 84:30 to about 86:10 on the podcast.

WE LIVE in such a good time. 

MAY 5 / Unca D's relative silence on the miserable . . .

. . . Houston Chronicle editorial board should not be taken as more than it is. There's been no peace treaty or nonaggression pact. I just haven't had time to deal with newspaper's serial assaults on truth, facts, logic, and common sense. These continue, undiminished, unashamed.

Ted Cruz has dropped out of the GOP presidential race. The Chronicle's glee . . . 

APRIL 8 / Our progressive intelligentsia who pooh-pooh the "Texas Miracle" have only two problems

Facts and arithmetic.

From its peak in January 2008 through today, the United States has created 750,000 jobs. Texas created over a million jobs during the same period -- meaning . . .