Melder's Musings

It's May, and that means that many municipalities and school districts across Texas are holding elections. Below are my endorsements for...

While being a Democrat in the Texas Legislature doesn't mean much these days, sometimes the few who are there make me especially proud. ...

For today's "Quote of the Day" we return to the wit of Marc Campos. "If the Democratic Caucus of the Texas House of Repre...

In the past, I've used my "Quote of the Day" posts to ridicule some terrible or stupid (or terribly stupid) thing that a conse...

The Houston Chronicle got at least two wrong. While there is no disputing the fact that Texas Democrats suffered massive losses in the Nove...

Without a script to copy and paste from, I'm going to start this post with some paraphrasing. Terry Jones, the so-called pastor who plan...

Following my previous criticism of the Hector Uribe campaign, I was quite happy to receive what I did from them yesterday. In an e-mail, the...

To be fair, the title of this post is probably over the line. With that said, if I practiced the same kind of propaganda that the folks at F...

Since we won't see anything of substance discussed in the media until the incorrectly labeled "Ground Zero Mosque" issue is re...

Radio hatemonger Laura Schlessinger has announced that she's giving up her radio show at the end of this year (conveniently enough, when...

Republican State Representative Joe Driver admitted to billing taxpayers for expenses he also billed to his campaign. (Photo Credit: Texas H...

The Fox News Channel's parent corporation gave $1 million to the Republican Governor's Association. That news comes to us from Polit...

The McKinney Police Department identified Patrick Gray Sharp as the man who attacked their headquarters on August 17, 2010. (Photo Credit: K...

With today's news that a growing number of Republican senators want to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution...

To be fair, and as a quote in the New York Times article that inspired this post points out, "not all [car] dealers are shysters....

The Austin American-Statesman brings us the story of a former bus driver who feels he's been slighted because of his religious beliefs...

Following yesterday's criticism on these pages of the latest press release from the Hector Uribe campaign, Harold Cook has made his reb...

Hector Uribe is apparently everywhere. At least, that's what his campaign press people (or, perhaps, person) want us to think. Less than...