By David Thomsen On November 8, 1994, George W. Bush defeated incumbent Democrat Ann Richards in Texas’ gubernatorial election. Counting last Tuesday, there have since been 94 statewide elections held in Texas, and Republicans have won all 94 of them. The current Democratic drought is the longest of any state, but Texas Democrats have some […]
OP-ED | Failing The Test of our Progress – The Need for a New Progressive Movement
by Pat Denehan It is a well-known fact that the majority of the American people have not been the beneficiaries of the economic gains made in the past several decades. To cite a common statistic demonstrating this point, the Congressional Budget Office has reported that between 1979 and 2007 the top one percent of households […]