COMMENTARY POSTED 10.28.09 Blackburn: Wall Street ain't Sesame Street  Kelso: Nobel for Obama? Letterman shoulda got it  Herman: The background noisemakers who just can't help it  McCarty: Author works to rehabilitate Harding's reputation  POSTED 10.21.09 Blackburn: The anger industry's e-mail  Borders: Falling in love with GPS  Kelso: Phone docks keep marketers plugged in to our wallets  Swan: Thou shalt not be liberal  Teepen: Public support for health care reform  Teepen: What the Constitution doesn't say  Teepen: An appeal to confront gun violence  POSTED 10.14.09 Blackburn: Hark! The errant cuckoo cries  Borders: The downward cycle of lost items  Garcia: Strategy, emotions over Afghanistan get more conflicted  Kelso: America is land of the mean, home of the misbehaved  Swan: Health care -- New civil right  Teepen: Stand up to Iran  POSTED 10.07.09 Blackburn: Give ACORN defense contract  Bookman: The rhetorical nuclear bomb  Borders: The dawning of autumn  Swan: 'I'm really (not) sorry'  Teepen: A word on behalf of incivility  Young: Why keep playing Reagan's game?  POSTED 09.30.09 Blackburn: Recession hits at the top, too  Borders: The dawning of autumn  Herman: Plots and plans over Bush's final resting place  Swan: Grand Old Pouters (GOP)  Teepen: Too many Americans in prisons  Teepen: Alternate reality confronts Obama  POSTED 09.23.09 Gottlieb: False alarms about Obama speech should raise an alarm about alarmists  Kelso: Small Texas town doesn't truck with a valet  Kelso: Save the heckling for the comedians, buddy  Phillips: As the president said, your failures can teach you  Young: Waste of a perfectly good radio  POSTED 09.16.09 Borders: Channel surfing fruitless, frustrating  Kelso: Make texting while driving a crime? Works 4 me, how 'bout U?  Selby: Democrats' best hope for Texas governor? Maybe a Senate candidate  Swan: The really sick numbers  Teepen: No hope for bipartisan health care reform  Young: Waste of a perfectly good radio  POSTED 09.09.09 Borders: Favorite quotes on writing  McCarty: Compassion toward Libyan bomber should be saved for his victims  Teepen: Obama mired in Bush's legacy  Teepen: Hard choices on Afghanistan  POSTED 09.02.09 Blackburn: Too much! Too little?  Blackburn: Suckers for an election  Borders: Wandering in a suburban wasteland  Herman: A person of interest  Teepen: Capital punishment a national shame  POSTED 08.26.09 Blackburn: The gun shop stimulus  Borders: Fans, friends for a lifetime  Kelso: DeLay's gonna show the world what kind of heel he really is  Swan: Time for Obama to get real  Teepen: The menace of political degeneracy  POSTED 08.19.09 Kelso: Want to pipe up at health care meetings? Carry this decibel meter  Kelso: Whole Foods' Mackey thinks health insurance too expensive? He should check his plum section  McCarty: Strickland faces thankless decision on death penalty  Selby: Even when flawed, health care debate is a healthy sign  Swan: Take the fun out of rape  Teepen: Health care and political hooliganism  POSTED 08.12.09 Borders: A tainted end to the tomato war  Herman: What will we call 2010?  Kelso: May the best cheerleader win Texas governor's race  POSTED 08.05.09 Kelso: There's more to a clunker than bad mileage  Kelly-Goss: Before It's Too Late  Teepen: The irrepressible impulse to create  Young: At least students have right to remain clothed  POSTED 07.29.09 Bookman: The reality show that is American politics  Kelly-Goss: Before It's Too Late  McCarty: Returning to New Orleans  Phillips: Reading between the tan lines of a true romantic  Rutledge: Riding close to Dad again 35 years later  POSTED 07.22.09 Borders: The tomato wars  Garcia: A political comeback in Mexico  Rutledge: Count on death, taxes and two trips to the DMV  Young: The Austin book-scrubbing club  POSTED 07.15.09 Kelly-Goss: PETA won't like this  McCarty: Ex-POW group locked in a battle against time  Teepen: Bush administration zombies walk the earth  Teepen: Another slapstick casualty in the culture wars  Young: Coming home to public celebrity, private hell  POSTED 07.08.09 Habib: Why wait? Palin could race Obama now (on foot)  Kelso: Palin calls it quits as governor, but she's got plans  Kelso: Appalachian Trail goes all the way to Tierra del Fuego  Rutledge: Pining for the little house by the river, again  Teepen: Supreme Court revving its activist engine  POSTED 07.01.09 Herrin: Dancing with icons  Kelso: Here's hoping this Big C stuff is outta here by football season  McCarty: Jackson's life story stranger than fiction  Oliver: Reforms fail reality check  Teepen: Obama, Reagan and the Iranian protests  Young: 'Disperse; God commands it'  POSTED 06.24.09 Kelly-Goss: The inventors  Kelso: Songwriter Slaid Cleaves can deal with any hardship  Teepen: Hopeful signs in the Muslim Middle East  Young: Suntan lotion and health care  POSTED 06.17.09 Kelly-Goss: I have a teen  Kelso: Glad to see the law is ready to zap Granny  Kelso: Give me liberty or give me a lap dance  Rutledge: Backyard critters rescued from adopted rescue dog  Teepen: Politics and the judiciary  Young: Seeds of hope for gays, lesbiansYoung: Seeds of hope for gays, lesbians  POSTED 06.10.09 Bookman: Biography matters  Kelly-Goss: Me and Matthew Lee  Kelso: Some commencement tips you can keep in your pocket and use  Rutledge: The natives on Ocracoke Island eat campers for breakfast  Teepen: The return of anti-abortion violence  Young: These bogus arguments have lost their roar  POSTED 06.03.09 Bookman: Today's grads have right instincts  Kelly-Goss: The power of words  Kelso: What kind of house should the GOP be running?  Garcia: The convenient distraction of claiming Cardozo was Hispanic  Rutledge: 'Hold tight, kid, and lean with me'  Teepen: Why is fur flying over Sotomayor?  Young: Obama a sublime voice for choice  POSTED 05.27.09 Kelso: Perry's parole board pick was real buzz kill  Rutledge: We could all use a little more 'Little House on the Prairie'  Teepen: Guantanamo Bay and NIMBY politics  Young: Another definition for 'crazy'  POSTED 05.20.09 Kelso: Aggie spirit lives on even when the faithful are gone  Rutledge: Will you still tweet me tomorrow?  Selby: Will Texas finally ratify poll tax amendment?  Teepen: Fear is back  Young: Gripping dramas when trees lose to elements  POSTED 05.13.09 Kelly-Goss: Touched by cancer  Kelso: Crying foul over cockfighting bill  Rutledge: Doing nothing for peanut butter beats working for peanuts  Teepen: The Bush administration's mania for secrecy   Young: Adventures in conformity, GOP-style  POSTED 05.06.09 George: Some sports topics won't die -- but should   Kelly-Goss: The kitchen garden  Kelso: Somebody ought to give that gerbil a cold shower  Oliver: Refis good, purchases are better  Rutledge: Two's a crowd on this home-run cloud, baby  Teepen: GOP moves farther from mainstream  Young: 'With liberty and profit over all'  POSTED 04.29.09 Kelly-Goss: Fact or opinion, you tell me  Kelso: Burgers on the wild side  Oliver: Consumers changed for good  Rutledge: Nothing draws neighbors like tall grass and trampolines  Young: Warrants for our proxies  POSTED 04.22.09 Oliver: The tax man cometh but never giveth  Kelly-Goss: When I'm walking  Kelso: To lawmaker who can't appreciate chop suey: phooey!  Rutledge: What good is antique sports car if you're too old to drive one?  Teepen: Obama's use of deadly force  POSTED 04.15.09 Kelly-Goss: An everyday hero  Kelso: Will the chicken pave the road?  Rutledge: Uncommon wild turkey knows when it's safe to cross the road  Teepen: Slow progress for same-sex marriage  Young: Civil servants? Heaven forfend  POSTED 04.08.09 Kelly-Goss: Why the chicken crosses the road  Kelso: A few ways you can tell if your company is in deep  Oliver: Excess pay reflects badly on directors (w/photo)  Rutledge: Sometimes a good dog just likes to roll around in something bad  Teepen: Wilderness bill enriches us all  Teepen: Netanyahu's intentions of critical importance  Young: Aggie who wrote the book -- on global warming  Young: Anti-abortion zeal and the blessed flood  POSTED 04.01.09 Bookman: Obama the 'socialist'?  Kelly-Goss: Simply, it's the best  Kelso: 'Chicken Empathy Museum' doesn't take off in Louisiana  Oliver: Getting down to nitty-gritty of the Geithner plan  Rutledge: Old farmers sow their words and wisdom widely  Teepen: Border drug war demands more attention  Young: Dress for success? In Texas, wear pads  POSTED 03.25.09 Bookman: Coming to grips with widespread change  Kelly-Goss: Give a little, gain a lot  Oliver: Outrageous rewards for risky actions  Rutledge: My wife has fallen for a younger guy with short legs and a hairy back  Teepen: When situations guide ethics  POSTED 03.18.09 Bookman: Challenge faces the conservative movement  Kelly-Goss: The Great Sofa Sit-In  Kelso: Limbaugh wants country to fail? I want Limbaugh to fall  Oliver: Economic crisis shows government isn't the answer   Rutledege: A spinning pineapple under the sea is a terrible place to be  Teepen: A call to arms  Young: Citizen Stanford and his many influential friends  POSTED 03.11.09 Bookman: The difficult decisions of suicide  Kelly-Goss: Language of the heart  Kelso: Lean times mean you wash the dog, not the groomer  Oliver: Debt-free business still possible  Rutledge: Happily forgetful little apple didn't fall far from the tree  Teepen: Conservatism and the political wilderness  Teepen: Electorate deserves answers on torture claims  Young: Class warfare? No, inequities vs. needs  POSTED 03.04.09 Garcia: A sister's small gestures change the world  Kelso: Execution, schmexecution: She was waitin' on the repair guy  Oliver: Light at end of tunnel tough to see  Oliver: Too big to fail is too risky an idea  Teepen: Holdouts hold up aid to those who need it most  Young: Going wobbly at thought of federal help  POSTED 02.25.09 Bookman: Congress, FDA part of regulatory problem  Kelly-Goss: A mile in his shoes  Kelso: Big night these days: karaoke and a 24-pack  Rutledge: The old Caprice Classic should be paid for by now  Teepen: Iraqi elections a victory for Bush?  Young: Under hoof of state mandates  POSTED 02.18.09 Kely-Goss / Forget stress; things have way of working out  Rutledge: A bird in hand is not worth 10 million bugs in the house  Teepen: Rush to judgement against Obama  Young: Testing's 'collateral damage'  POSTED 02.11.09 Bookman: Deficits now a necessary evil  Garcia: You don't have to be perfect to do good  Kelly-Goss: 'I wunna be a newspaper person'  Kelso: How to keep your cash from being Madoff with  Phillips: African-Americans and the color line   Teepen: Deja vu haunts the stimulus package  Young: School prayer mime games  POSTED 02.04.09 Bookman: Republicans in Limbaugh's shadow  Kelly-Goss: Study encourages schools to get kids outside  Kelso: I want a 'Bad Bank' T-shirt  Oliver: Rescue plans offer little hope  Teepen: No love from GOP on stimulus plan  Teepen: Taking on Limbaugh the bully  Young: The gambling conundrum  Young: Back to bake sales for abstinence-only  POSTED 01.28.09 Bookman: The appalling treatment of teen at Guantanamo  Garcia: The cost of the inauguration  Oliver: Oil prices expose ignorance of politicians  Phillips: The fulfillment of a promise  Rutledge: You can't build a very big snowman with bare feet  Teepen: Religion, inclusion and the inauguration  Young: Nation of gawkers no more  POSTED 01.21.09 Bookman: Unity, hope and the Obama presidency  Kelly-Goss: Does your six-pack overflow?  Kelso: As economy goes south, so do best chances for a loan  Teepen: We need the full story on torture  Young: We know the face of this crime  POSTED 01.14.09 Bookman: Spiral deepens into dark familiar violence  Teepen: Environmentalist? Bush protects Pacific  POSTED 01.07.09 Bookman: Looking ahead and making things better than yesterday  Rutledge: Sour milk: The second most horrendous minivan smell  Teepen: The Palestinian tilt toward self-destruction  POSTED 12.31.08 Bookman: Capitalism and greed  Kelly-Goss: Happily married ever after  Teepen: With digital TV, let's hope a little culture slips through  Young: Talking dogs, and seasons with dad  POSTED 12.24.08 Bookman: A pet's last illness shows the fallacy of market-based health care  Kelly-Goss: Happily married ever after  Rutledge: Hooking up can mean a bad connection  Teepen: Americans need to know about government torture  Young: America -- The whole package  POSTED 12.17.08 Kelly-Goss: The recession, and the spike in tuna and mac  Rutledge: Let's all wish real heard for an instant camera Christmas  Teepen: Driving less and the case for mass transit  So J.R. brought down the Soviet empire  POSTED 12.10.08 Bookman: Denying terrorists a victory  Kelley-Goss: Snow falling on blue days  Rutledge: When barbecue does not return the love  Teepen: NRA less effective as lobby in last election  Young: 'Defense' Department again  POSTED 12.03.08 Kelly-Goss: Snow falling on blue days  Rutledge: Holiday reflections  Rutledge: When you become angry behind the wheel, ask WWBBJD  Young: Why couldn't Pat Sajak be the antichrist?  POSTED 11.25.08 Bookman: The right wing and the politics of paranoia  Borders: Longing for a little library quiet  Kelly-Goss: Learning to be a parent  Kelso: Signs you are in a recession  Teepen: Obama's cabinet picks are disappointing his detractors  Teepen: Bushies are burrowing into the Obama administration   Young: Some no-idle thoughts  Young: An urgent issue for President-Elect Obama: How to reduce idling  POSTED 11.19.08 Bookman: Obama shouldn't overcorrect on union vote issue  Borders: Your son has come to visit  Kelly-Goss: It's time to take some time  Kelso: The ultimate Longhorn accessory  Rutledge: It's hard to kiss the piano player during a Baptist hymn  Teepen: What now for the GOP?  Young: Painting with generalizations  POSTED 11.12.08 Bookman: Election of '08 told us what 'real America' looks like  Kelso: California trying to preserve 'normal' image   Rutledge: Keeping up with Dad was never easy  Teepen: Election tea leaves show liberal isn't such a bad word   POSTED 11.04.08 Blackburn: The World Series of campaigns  Borders: Resting place of my Texas heroes  Kelly-Goss: Bang, you're dead  Kelso: In search of the real Texas redneck  Teepen: There's nothing divine about being impolite  Teepen: Bushies are planning their parting shot  Young: And if he were Muslim?  POSTED 10.29.08 Garcia: It all averages out  Kelso: What about John the Wiseguy Columnist?   Teepen: If Obama's a socialist, so is McCain  Teepen: W's tar pit legacy  POSTED 10.22.08 Bookman: Flock of Libyan parrots leaves mark on U.S. democracy  Borders: Money well donated  Kelly-Goss: Dispatches from America   Kelso: Treatment for AIG bigwigs  Rutledge: McCain doing pretty good for a 500-year-old sailor  Teepen: A bold new idea: Make punishment fit the crime  Young: From Obama, point is clear; what's your point, Palin?  POSTED 10.15.08 Blackburn: Republicans legalized abortion  Bookman: Palin's ascension shows GOP's lack of interest in governing  Borders: I'm getting too old for this  Kelly-Goss: Follow the leader  Kelso: Takes from the other side  Rutledge: Nothing kills a perfectly good romance like a face full of shingles  Teepen: Of campaign blather, sticking it to taxpayers and Bush's legacy . . .  Young: Save our corporatocracy  POSTED 10.08.08 Blackburn: The question they flunked  Bookman: Effects of Wall Street crisis will be felt for years  Borders: It could be a long, hard winter  Kelly-Goss: Best Part of the Day  Kelso: Catchy names in the new economy  Rutledge: A financial crisis so simple, even a child can understand it  Teepen: Strongly worded report condemns Bush's narrow ideological doctrine  Young: Played by the stock market  POSTED 09.30.08 Bookman: Paulson proposal puts CEOs first, public last  Borders: The world became a spectacle  Kelly-Goss: Domestic violence has more than one victim  Kelso: He's no mad hatter  Rutledge: If I'd known I had $700 billion, I would've bought that place at the beach  Blackburn: Perpetual money swoons  Young: Credit card? No, credit czar  POSTED 09.24.08 Blackburn: Vote for change, but don't expect it  Bookman: McCain camp rejects reality as irrelevant   Borders: A little bit of irony goes a long way  Kelso: Time for a name change?  Robert Kelly-Goss: Real big deals  Teepen: McCain is suddenly an economic populist  Young: Teacher wouldn't take fall  POSTED 09.17.08 Blackburn: Easy-money shell game ended  Bookman: Russian 'brand' takes a hit after losing the media wars  Borders: Gunpowder and a summer afternoon  Kelly-Goss: Being neighborly  Rutledge: When Gomer says hey, say 'Hey to Gomer'  Teepen: The arming of America  Young: From neocons to hypocons  POSTED 09.10.08 Bookman: Media not to blame that Palin story line fell apart  Borders: A night at the legendary Gruene Hall   Phillips: Let's talk about family values  Rutledge: Dad has always had a way with words   Teepen: Palin talks the talk, but can she walk the walk?  Young: A most defining choice  Young / Shades of Nixon: It's time for 'Beat the Press'  POSTED 09.03.08 Bookman: Surge has worked, moving Iraq beyond our control  Borders: Happy birthday, daughter  Kelly-Goss: Teach your children well  Rutledge: Going to Grandma's is a piece of cake Ñ or 12  Teepen: Dick Cheney is not the answer the West needs to Russia's bullying tactics  Young: Something other than fear  POSTED 08.27.08 Bookman: No deficit of horror in this movie  Borders: Suggestions for some late-summer reading  KELSO: An example of good, and bad, parenting  Rutledge: To neglected pet fish, just say 'no tanks'   Teepen: Even Mother Nature gets no respect from the Bush crowd  POSTED 08.20.08 Bookman: Don't leave tri-state water woes to a court decision  Borders: Fleeing north for cool weather  Kelso: Hard-drinking Austin?  Nethaway: A new look into Putin's eyes  Selby: Sen. Cornyn questioned on recess stand  Teepen: McCain's war of semantics  POSTED 08.13.08 Kelso: A funny guy who is also brave  Nethaway: Merits to high gas prices  Selby: Tallying up the Texas political tills  Young: For country? No, for cash  POSTED 08.06.08 Borders: This is one expensive cat toy  Kelly-Goss: The only child  Nethaway: Hold employers accountable for illegal workers  Rutledge: I still have the first cassette I ever met  Teepen: McCain promised better than his smear-tactics campaign

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