Profiles

It’s probably inevitable that landing the #1 pick in the NBA draft, like the San Antonio Spurs did this spring, while playing in a 20-year-old building, would spawn chatter about a new arena. As usual, the preeminent concern is tapping the taxpayer to foot part of the bill. And as usual, that...

Though property tax reform took multiple special sessions to resolve, the fight over Texas HB 2127, the so-called “Death Star” bill, looks likely to continue...

Back in December, a county treasurer buddy of mine informed me of a “dead period” when campaign donors cannot give to state legislators since they’re about to go into session. It’d therefore be more likely that they could...

“Can we film the operation/Is the head dead yet/Get the widow on the set/We need dirty laundry,” sang Don Henley in 1982. Crime stories grab people’s attention more than almost anything else. What do the stats say for San Antonio?

As Mr. Henley’s “Dirty Laundry” continues, “kick ‘em when...

I got a D the first time I took economics in college. I was right out of high school and directionless. I was content living at home, working at a video store (remember those?), golfing and partying. 

Plus, I was obsessed with my instructor’s uneven sideburns and the girls in class...