Daily Archives: September 17, 2008

Voters Beware: The GOP


Voters Beware: The GOP

McCain


McCain

Living In Hospitals Part 1


Living In Hospitals Part 1


The last column I turned in was NOT about living in hospitals. I didn

The Secret To Happiness


The Secret To Happiness


I was in a bookstore the other day, and you know what? It

What? GM Worry?


What? GM Worry?


I

Public Rest Room Etiquette Can Be Difficult Under The Watchful Eye Of A Commode


Public Rest Room Etiquette Can Be Difficult Under The Watchful Eye Of A Commode


Few things can make you look stupid faster than being outsmarted by a public urinal. Especially when it occurs in front of your nine-year-old son to whom you are trying to impart rudimentary public rest room etiquette. We had no problem with the initial stages of our educational process which began with the proper entrance, i.e., avoid all eye contact and enter the rest room as if you had called ahead and reserved a specific commode. If one isn

First, Fannie Mae Next, ExxonMobil! Then, Aetna?


First, Fannie Mae Next, ExxonMobil! Then, Aetna?


The U.S. government when it took control over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac created the world

Hunting Laws Come Too Close To Cityfolk


McKINNEY, Texas

Author Paolini To Appear In Austin


AUSTIN, Texas

Bexar County Officials Feed Parks To Goats


SAN ANTONIO, Texas

Supply, Demand Traps Beachcombers


PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE

Texas Public Schools Weigh Tax Increases


AUSTIN, Texas

Baptist To Turn Virgin Into Profits


ARLINGTON, Texas

Cemetery


FORT WORTH, Texas

Texas GOP Calls McCain


ST. PAUL, Minn.

Driving Is Thriving — Non-Profit Changes How Texans Relate To Vehicles


Non-Profit Changes How Texans Relate To Vehicles


In the United States, and especially in Texas, owning or possessing a car is equivalent to holding a shining pearl of freedom. It is so crucial to being “free” in this country that one could legitimately say car owners and those whose access has been cut off live completely different lives on opposite sides of the coin.


For many in this country, and especially Texas, driving is thriving. Those who can’t afford the price of admission are relegated to public transportation, and that’s if they are lucky enough to live in a city populated by liberals who believe in supporting such a foreign concept. Foreign to Texas, that is.


In downtown Austin, an even stranger recipe is on the brew. A little non-profit, launched in Oct. 2006, called “Austin Car Share,” has been making waves in the state’s capital. You could call their business model, cars on demand, or maybe cars

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