The results in Texas reopen a question the last two years had begun to close. A constitutional republic does not sustain itself by the periodic replacement of officeholders. It requires a citizenry that can distinguish the form of government from the simple counting of votes, that can recognize the difference between legitimate authority and the…
I did not see this coming. I went to sleep expecting one set of results and woke to another. Texas has a Democratic governor and a Democratic U.S. senator. The state House and the broader national picture moved with them. Turnout in Bexar County reached roughly 50 percent, high for a midterm and well above…
Envy begins as sorrow at the good that belongs to someone else simply because it is his and not mine. It does not stop at wanting the same kind of good for myself. It registers the other person’s possession as a loss to me. From that sorrow it is a short passage to covetousness, the…
Election Day is November 3 Tomorrow the line is the Election Day line. In Texas the polls open at seven and close at seven. If you are in line at seven, you still vote.¹ Take your identification. Take the sample ballot you printed and marked on paper. Put the phone away before you enter the…
Texas early voting ends October 30. Friday is the last day of early voting in Texas.¹ If you have not yet cast a ballot and you meant to do it in these two weeks, this is the day. After tonight the line is the Election Day line. Name the place. Take your identification. Go. The…
A word with younger adults while early voting is still open If you are raising small children in these years, you already know the bill that came due before you could vote on the terms. Housing costs more than it did when your parents were your age. Formation is thinner. Public speech is often a…