Trouble For Republicans DeLay And Eversole Are Fine Holiday Gifts
The conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Sugarland, Texas right before Thanksgiving Day last month was a wonderful Thanksgiving offering. (Above–Bountiful Thanksgiving table....
View ArticleHave Respect For Your Fellow Working People Who Must Labor On A Holiday—So...
Last year I wrote a post about a Burger King in Houston being open on Christmas Day. The post was prompted by the picture you see above. I took that picture last December on a very rare snowy day in...
View ArticleHow The Liberal Elite Enjoy The Holidays—Enjoy The Season Any Way You Wish
With a fiber optic Christmas tree, some Little Debbie Cookie Wreaths and a few holiday lottery tickets, I am ready for the holidays. Lottery tickets are a rip-off. (Only time I’ll ever link to Dave...
View ArticleWho Was St. Nicholas?
Who is the St. Nicholas who become our Santa Claus? (Above—an 1898 painting called St. Nicholas of Myra Saves Three Innocents From Death. Painted by a Russian named Ilya Repin.) St. Nicholas was a...
View ArticleGive Yourself & Others The Gift Of Involvement In Public Affairs In...
At the end of this post is the most recent edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance round-up. The TPA is a confederation of the best political citizen-bloggers in Texas. TPA bloggers blog away even at...
View ArticleTerrifying Santa Face Breads Want To Kill Us In Our Sleep
Here are some terrifying Santa face breads that I saw at the supermarket a few hours ago. I think they yearn for nothing more but to come to life and cut our throats as we sleep on Christmas Eve and...
View ArticleWhat Is Open On Christmas Day?—Do You Really Need To Go There And If You Must...
What is open on Christmas Day? Whatever is open on Christmas Day, do you really need to go out to anyplace that is open on the holiday? If you do, please treat the staff of such places very well....
View ArticlePlease Have A Nice And Safe Christmas Day
Please have a nice and safe Christmas Day. Thanks for reading Texas Liberal. Now step away from the computer or turn away from the mobile phone, and go say hello to family and friends. If you’ve had...
View ArticleWhere In Houston Can You Recycle Your Christmas Tree?—As Admirable Act As...
Christmas Day is over. While you may be more tired of your relatives than you are of your Christmas Tree, it is the tree that you will have to ditch. The City of Houston offers Christmas Tree...
View ArticleWho Was The Real St. Nicholas?
Who is the St. Nicholas who become our Santa Claus? (Above—An 1898 painting called St. Nicholas of Myra Saves Three Innocents From Death. Painted by a Russian named Ilya Repin.) St. Nicholas was a...
View ArticleReach Out To Folks During The Holiday Season—On The Outside Looking In
Above is a picture I took a few days ago while at a bar in Downtown Houston. In this picture I am outside looking in at people enjoying a gathering of some kind inside the bar. I was out on a porch....
View ArticleChristmas Wreath & Grave Marker With Similar Look—We Beat The Odds To Exist...
I took a ride around Houston’s Glenwood Cemetery this afternoon. I enjoyed how the wreath placed next to the grave marker you see in the picture above had an aesthetic as similar as you might find...
View ArticleTexas State Rep. Dwayne Bohac Thinks Jesus & Christmas Are So Weak In Texas...
Texas State Representative Dwayne Bohac thinks that “traditional” observances of Christmas and Hanukkah are so weak and under threat in Texas that government regulation is required to prop them up....
View ArticleFestive Decorations At Houston’s Glenwood Cemetery—Life And Death Require...
The office at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston was decorated in a festive fashion on Christmas Eve Day. There are poinsettias along the staircase and a wreath over the porch. Life and death could not...
View ArticleInstead of Being Dumped, Ideas And Things Of Value Should Be Treated With Regard
Above are some Christmas Trees I saw in Houston a few days ago. Surely it is so that our feelings about Christmas and about holiday traditions merit more than just tossing these trees out into the...
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