An Overnight Trip to Mineral Wells, TX
Lou Reed sang in his song “A Small Town” that he wanted nothing to do with the one he grew up in and had to ‘get outta there’ as fast…
LBJ and the Space Program
Pres. Lyndon Johnson oversaw the Apollo space program during his term of office in the 1960s. The current Administrator of NASA, Bill Nelson, was at the LBJ Library in Austin…
Landscape and Authority
The nine studies in this book edited by Stephen Whiteman (The Courtauld, University of London) cover a wide range, both geographically and temporally. Their topic is the role of landscape…
Leti Garza – A Performer with a Cause
Leti Garza is more than just a singer-songwriter. Her career has spanned decades as a performing artist, actor, dancer, musician, and human rights activist. Leti’s cadence and range ride like…
Knowledge Lost
In these days of book-banning in America, the we must ask ourselves about the nature of knowledge. Faced with the onslaught of the thought police (who masquerade as elected state…
The Mob has Overthrown every Free Republic
University of Texas professor H.W. Brands has written another important book on American history. Perhaps best known for his book on FDR (Traitor to His Class), Brands holds the Jack…
Heracles: The Garland of Greece
This study of Heracles (better known by his Roman name Hercules) derives from the PhD thesis of Sofia Frade. She is now Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon; during…
Trail of Lights
The big annual event of the Holiday Season in Austin, the Trail of Lights, proved to be delightful again. I went on a rather warm December evening to enjoy the…
ARMADILLO Christmas Bazaar in Austin
Art for the sake of beauty. Once again, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar treated Austinites to a wide range of artistic collectibles at the Palmer Centre this past week. Some jewelry…
From Rembrandt to Van Gogh in Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is currently hosting a very special exhibit: the finest collected works of one very rich person. Armand Hammer (1898-1990) made his fortune in oil.…