Viva la Evolution: The Creationists Return to Austin

Designing woman: July has been a grim month for Texas education. First there was the report that students taking early versions of the state’s new end-of-course exams failed miserably. The worst performance was 42 percent in physics, but at least students know where their cell phones come from — China,…

Defending Champion Mavericks are Now Must-See TV

The champagne isn’t quite dry and the NBA lockout is just getting started, but how good does it sound to be already talking about the defending champion Mavericks? Once a soft, underachieving team that nobody outside the Metroplex gave a dang about watching, the Mavs are now national hoops darlings. With Tuesday’s…

Cowboys Training Camp Headed to Arlington. At Least Part of it.

Should come as no surprise because I’ve been speculating this for the last couple months, but the Cowboys are now telling the good folks in San Antonio not to expect a full, month-long training camp in their city this summer. At this point, the best bet — pending the expected lockout…

Rangers 7, Angels 0: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Remember not long ago when it looked like Alexi Ogando was done? Since three sub-par starts in June he’s back to being one of the best surprises in baseball, especially after last night, when he threw eight scoreless innings and lowered his ERA to 2.72 (7th-best in the AL)…