- In Texas, Perry's Stance on In-State Tuition Isn't News – Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune
- Court prepares to draw new U.S., Texas House districts – Austin American-Statesman
The Republic has gone badly off track constitutionally when judicial bodies today simply assume legislative powers as a routine matter. - Supply Pinch in Texas Tests Electricity Rules – Rebecca Smith, WSJ.com
- Jane Nelson on track to become Senate's senior Republican – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- $10.4 million stimulus grant subsidizes “green” cars for Austin residents – Mark Lisheron, Texas Watchdog
A bit of perspective that was missing from the original Texas Tribune story. - Texas' tax burden remains low despite high property and sales taxes – Jordan Brownwood, TPPF
Dr. David Hill and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram both whiffed in their commentaries on this topic last week. TPPF provides some missing perspective. - Rick Perry disputes Washington Post story on slur – Mike Allen, Politico
For an A1 WaPo story, there sure wasn’t much “there” there. See below. - Rick Perry is not a Racist – Ali Akbar, Tea Party Brew
- Attacking Rick Perry On Race – Hugh Hewitt, Hewitt blog
- Maybe Stephanie McCrummen Just Likes Using the N Word – Erick Erickson, RedState
- Texas hunting leases explained -Bill Dyer, NRO
A good, helpful read for journos inclined to opine/report on this topic (too often ignorantly). - The "N-word" Ranch – Paul Burka, BurkaBlog
I am hesitant to opine on things I don’t know much about….
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