"We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. I..." — Molly Ivins

The greatest moral leader of my lifetime was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose private life does not bear close examination.

Here's the deal on Texas. It's big. So big, there's about five distinct and different places here, separated from one another geologically, topographically, botanically, ethnically, culturally, and climatically.

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.