Civil Affiars: Poll
CIVIL AFFAIRS As Election Night unfolded, I sat at a watch party glued to my laptop. The first few results rolled in on Tuesday evening, I could not help but be surprised at what I was seeing. Dan...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Ideology
Political debate has been reduced to a bunch of noise. Unfortunately for all of us, the discourse behind political disagreements is the lifeblood that drives it. Accordingly, when two well-meaning...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Friedman
CIVIL AFFAIRS In a recent Daily Texan column, I bemoaned the “race to the right” that had emerged as a general Republican strategy and lamented the fact that ugly purity tests of “true republicanism”...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Abbott
CIVIL AFFAIRS Prevailing wisdom on political campaigns dictates that candidates should run to the fringes of their political party in order to appease their base in the primary election. Then,...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: McCutcheon
Nearly two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in a closely divided case — McCutcheon v. FEC — that political donors have the right to give a certain amount of money to as many candidates...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Collier
CIVIL AFFAIRS If there is any consistency in Texas politics, it’s about taxation. The Republican Party sees it as pure evil — and no, that is not hyperbole. The Texas GOP’s platform advocates for the...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Death Penalty
CIVIL AFFAIRS Texas leads the pack when it comes to capital punishment. Since the start of this year, the Department of Criminal Justice has ended the lives of seven people, with yet an eighth...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Pragmatism
CIVIL AFFAIRS For those who did not hear, I was on television last night. Specifically, on the program “Red, White and Blue” on the local PBS affiliate. Among the many topics that we discussed was just...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Wendy
CIVIL AFFAIRS Pardon me, but I hope you can help me in search of someone. She was last seen wearing a dress with pink tennis shoes, has blonde hair and is about yea high. My Democratic gubernatorial...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Ignorance
CIVIL AFFAIRS I’ve always said that the most important thing in politics is to not be cruel to other persons. Perhaps the second most important rule is to always be open to new ideas and perspectives,...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Courthouse
CIVIL AFFAIRS Meticulously following both the 2013 election and the 2014 election has led me to examine the many differences between the two campaign cycles. In the former, an individual voter makes...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Law
CIVIL AFFAIRS Editorial note: Noah M. Horwitz has previously contracted work with the Clifford Group, a public relations firm that counts Yellow Cab among its clients. He currently does no work on...
View ArticleCivil Affairs: Plea deals
CIVIL AFFAIRS Last night, I was reading The Economist when I came about a series of editorials and articles on what was called the great tragedy of the American criminal justice system: plea deals. The...
View ArticleThe silent Iranian Revolution
CIVIL AFFAIRS In 1979, religious fundamentalists overthrew the government in Iran. Built-up by the repressive conditions of the despotic Shah, who despite his autocracy was fiercely secular and even...
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