SNJ Journal Archive

Dear friend – We’re now two weeks into the 87th Texas Legislative Session. The Capitol is abuzz with excitement, and maybe with a bit of intrigue, too. Possibilities abound. What’s new: My team and I begin this new year in...

Strange that the Senate still files bills on paper. Eleven legal-size copies of every bill. E-filing would be more convenient, of course; and then there’s all that wood pulp... But I must admit there’s something satisfying...

Don’t cry over spilt Topo Chico.  The air conditioner stopped cooling. The dryer stopped heating. Couldn’t hang the wet clothes outside because it started raining. And oh yes, my phone stopped working. Not a great weekend....

Remember the excitement of getting a new lunchbox at the start of the school year? My 1976 Bicentennial aluminum lunchbox featured a cartoon of a guilty-looking kid standing next to the noticeably cracked Liberty Bell,...

 Work, visits to the doctor, ordering from a restaurant – so much has gone virtual. Hunger, however, has not. And right now more Texans than ever need help feeding their families. The North Texas Food Bank is answering...

SARS-CoV-2 is novel; racial inequity is not. Yet quite suddenly our experiences with both of these threats have altered how we will look at almost everything. The COVID-19 experience has fundamentally changed how we look at...