Texas still leads nation in rate of uninsured residents… But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain’s health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectivelyContinue Reading

Finally saw The Dark Knight over the weekend. I was… disappointed. The film is so hugely popular, with an almost universally positive critical reaction, that I was expecting better. At two and a half hours the movie is waaaaaay toooo loooong and tends to be dull whenever the Joker isn’tContinue Reading

Goal: Six stories or story-length novel snippets. Accomplishment: One 8,000 word story based on a premise that I’ve been kicking around for years. I thought it was going to be a novel, and it just wasn’t. Now I’m not sure it’s even a short story. Paul tells me it’s goodContinue Reading