Politics and Dharma

Observations on Texas Politics and Grassroots Action

Archive for the 'Texas Politics' Category


The IDs are coming!

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Current Events, Law and Culture, Texas Politics | No Comments »

The big news this morning is the resignation of Texas Education Agency’s Science Curriculum Director, Chris Comer, just a few scant months before the State Board of Education is slated to review the science portion of the state curriculum. Word is that the resignation comes on the heels of a move to fire Comer for [...]

Do you know the way to Denver?

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Convention Politics, Democratic Party, Politics Action, Texas Politics | 1 Comment »

The Texas Democratic party is hosting a special workshop this coming Saturday, December 1st at the ACC Riverside campus, from 2-4pm.
What does it take to become a delegate to a National Convention in a presidential year? Texas will send 288 delegates to the National Convention in Denver, and it’s not as easy as you think [...]

Request for Action

Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Cannabis, Convention Politics, Legalization Action, Politics Action, Regulation, Texas Politics | No Comments »

Billions of dollars have been spent annually for decades to eliminate cannabis and yet marijuana is even more prevalent today, and cheaper, than when the drug war began. It is repeatedly demonstrated on the evening news that the policies of prohibition are needlessly dangerous and expensive. How many cops have died serving drug warrants? How [...]

Civic Announcement

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Current Events, Politics Action, Texas Politics | No Comments »

Attention Texans. You’re having an election. This is the very least you can do to participate in your government: please vote.
For most of you, this election is entirely composed of “bond issues”. While this isn’t as flashy or emotionally addictive as some campaign for Important Office, it is still important that you take time to [...]

Educate me. I'm obviously an idiot.

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Texas Politics | No Comments »

I know there’s more than a few clever people that read my blog. I do truly appreciate the time each of you take to scan over my words. My sincere wish is that each of you come away with a chuckle and a new idea from each entry — although I know that that’s an [...]