Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Crockett And Paxton Lead Their Party Primary Races For Senate In Texas
The charts above are from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs Poll -- done between January 20th and 31st of 550 likely Democratic primary voters and 550 likely Republican primary voters. The margin of error for both groups is 4.18 points.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Has The World Missed The Chance To Mitigate Global Climate Change?
When the Paris Accords were agreed to by the world's nations, it looked like it might be possible to avoid the worst of the global climate change. But that hope seems to have vanished, and it looks like the tipping point may have been reached (or soon will be) after which nothing can be done to avoid the climatic changes global warming will bring. Much of the blame goes to Donald Trump - who dropped the U.S. out of the Paris Accords, damaged severely the move to renewable and clean energy, and doubled down on the production and use of fossil fuels.
It Was Stupid For Trump To Pick A Fight With Bad Bunny
Donald Trump is not the smartest person to inhabit the White House, and he proved that by unnecessarily picking a fight with superstar performer Bad Bunny after his performance at the Super Bowl. Here's how Chris Cillizza put it:
“Nobody” understands what Bad Bunny was singing? I mean, according to the Census Bureau, there are 41 million Americans who speak Spanish as their first language at home!
Here’s what is most remarkable to me: For Republicans to win — or at least avoid disaster — in the coming midterms, they are going to need Latino voters. In Texas. In Florida. In Arizona. In California. And it lots of other places too.
Why then turn this joyous Bad Bunny performance into a political fight?
The short answer is that Trump can’t help himself. He is, at heart, a guy who watches TV and pops off with his opinions. He can’t turn that off — even as president.
But this attack on Bad Bunny should be yet one more nail in the coffin of the notion that Trump is always playing politics at a higher level than mere mortals can understand.
This is bad politics. It’s a dumb fight to pick with a massive community whose votes you need.
He ain’t playing three-dimensional chess. Hell, he might not even be playing checkers at this point.
Monday, February 09, 2026
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