Abortion
The Texas Miracle: Ken Paxton Campaigns on the ‘Unborn’ While Rural Texans Try Not to Give Birth on Highway 84
Texas Attorney General, walking scandal magnet, and now U.S. Senate hopeful Ken Paxton is out on the campaign trail trying to convince us he’s the…
Texas Healthcare: Where You Have to Be ‘Damned Sure’ You’re Dying Before Anyone Hands You a Pill
Down here in West Texas, we’re used to things being completely backward, but the absolute…
Texas Medical Board Decides ‘Death’ is Just a Teachable Moment (With a Very Short Quiz)
Welcome to Texas, the only state where “standard of care” has been replaced by “consulting…
How Mark Lee Dickson Turned Lubbock Into a Laboratory for 19th-Century Laws
The socio-political landscape of Lubbock, Texas, often described by its own inhabitants as a flat…
Texas Tech Med: Where Doctors Learn Everything (Except the Stuff That Makes Mark Lee Dickson Sad)
In today’s edition of “Lubbock: The Hub City of Fragile Sensibilities,” Texas Tech University Health…
Tech Health Sciences Center Discovers “Open Inquiry” Is Bad for the Brand (And the Budget)
In a shocking display of spine-strength usually reserved for overcooked spaghetti, the Texas Tech University…
Texas Finally Used a Baby Box—And Of Course It Was Lubbock Making History in the Darkest Way Possible
In a milestone nobody exactly planned a parade for, Lubbock has officially logged the first-ever…
Texas Saves the Fetus, Loses the Mom: Another “Pro-Life” Triumph
Another day, another Texas woman dead because lawmakers decided they know more about pregnancy than…
Wolfforth Solves Absolutely Nothing, Declares Victory Anyway
The Wolfforth City Council—apparently bored or freshly inspired by whatever Mark Lee Dickson sermon they…
Lubbock Aims to Ban Driving While Female
Because Texas apparently hasn’t made life hard enough, Lubbock County Commissioners are set to vote…