California Sober, 1000 Miles from the Kentucky Derby

An unofficial race recap of the 151st Derby — and some meandering thoughts on Hunter S. Thompson, addiction, missed trifectas, and finally figuring out that the booze was never the main event.

Texas has Just Elected Some Mentally ill People. Again.

Is That All There Is? Or, Herstory in the Making

The Austin morning promised an equally beautiful afternoon, with projected temps barely passing the 90 degree mark—fantabulous weather for a show of force on the Capitol steps. I thought we’d arrived much too late to make it inside the building and up three flights of stairs to the Senate gallery, but by some serendipitous warp…