Mike Ward, the Austin Bureau Chief for the Houston Chronicle, and I recently started a weekly podcast to bring you all the latest news from the Texas Capitol. Click here to subscribe to the show and have it instantly delivered to you each week. This week we did our 7th show, in which we discussed the ambush […]
Audio: A tragedy unfolds in Dallas
by Scott on July 9, 2016 in Abortion, Audio, Dallas, Politics, Tea Party
Texas Ethics Commission Votes to Close “Dangerous Loophole” in Elections
by Scott on October 30, 2014 in Abortion, Politics, Tea Party, Texas
Note: This story originally appeared on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government. Setting things up for what could very well be another throwdown in The Legislature next year over so-called “dark money” in elections, the Texas Ethics Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt a rule that requires […]
“Pro-Life Hero” Attacked From the Right After Saying MQ Sullivan Should Register as a Lobbyist
by Scott on September 27, 2014 in Abortion, Politics, Tea Party, Texas
Note: This story originally appeared in The Quorum Report. Join us there for daily coverage of Texas politics and government. After publicly taking a stand against Midland oilman Tim Dunn’s spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan for failing to register as a lobbyist, pro-life activist Joe Pojman finds himself under attack by what he described as “dark […]
A Place for the Terrified: Some Thoughts on Being Fired from News 92 FM
by Scott on March 27, 2012 in Audio, Houston, Politics, Tea Party, Texas
I stood in my kitchen at home in Houston and tried to assure a woman who recently had an abortion that I would be fair to her if she appeared on my radio program. As I talked to Carolyn Jones, who had called me from Austin, she was very nervous about what questions I might […]
Komen for the Cure Debate AUDIO
by Scott on February 1, 2012 in Audio, Politics, Religion
The decision by the Texas-based Susan G. Komen Foundation to cut off all funding/grants to Planned Parenthood lit up my Facebook and Twitter feeds like no story has recently. Tweet Share
Senator: Restricting Abortion “Has to be Personal.” AUDIO
by Scott on May 6, 2011 in Audio, Health Care, Politics, Religion, Texas
Some of the toughest restrictions on abortions are contained in a so-called “sonogram bill” that’s now on the desk of Governor Perry for his signature. Tweet Share
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