Past Contributions

• TribBlog: Anchia vs. Riddle on "Terrorist Babies"

  By Elise Hu and Evan Smith Aug. 11, 2010

  Tuesday night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, debated the perilous issue del día: anchor babies. According to Riddle, women would give birth to terrorist babies in the U.S. who can then destroy America once they come of age. Full Story 

• 2010: Chet Edwards Gets NRA Nod

  By Evan Smith Aug. 10, 2010

  The Waco Democrat, in the fight of his career as he runs for re-election in the most Republican House district held by a Democrat anywhere in the country, got a big boost Monday when the National Rifle Association's Victory Fund announced it would support him over his GOP opponent, Bill Flores. Full Story 

• T-Squared: The Kids Are All Right

  By Evan Smith Aug. 4, 2010

  Our remarkable crop of summer interns — optimistic and high-spirited at a low moment for our business — are the future of this thing we do. Their schools should be proud of what they accomplished over the last two months. They themselves should be. We certainly are. Full Story 

• T-Squared: The Nine-Month Stats

  By Evan Smith Aug. 3, 2010

  Monthly uniques and page views are much higher than we projected; more of our visitors are from outside Austin than we ever could have hoped; and our search engine optimization strategy is paying off: All is better-than-well here at the Trib. Full Story 

• TribBlog: KBH Will Vote No on Kagan

  By Evan Smith July 31, 2010

  Joining her home state Republican colleague, John Cornyn, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will oppose Elena Kagan's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith July 31, 2010

  Stiles' and Torres' three-parter on the changing Texas political map, Ramsey on questions about Brian Birdwell's voting history and residency, Aguilar on the Obama administration's immigration crackdown, Reed on hospitals that won't induce early labor, Stiles on what Troy Fraser left off his financial disclosure form, the latest installment of Hu's Face-Off video debate series, Grissom on the problem-plagued Driver Responsibility Program, Galbraith on the controversy over fracking and M. Smith's interview with former Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O'Neill: The best of our best from July 26 to 30, 2010. Full Story 

• T-Squared: The Trib-Times Collaboration

  By Evan Smith July 25, 2010

  Today we're publishing the first of three stories in a series that is the result of a partnership between the El Paso Times and the Trib — a show of the "hang together" spirit bolstering public service journalism in the 21st century. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Take Our Content — Please!

  By Evan Smith July 23, 2010

  Effective immediately, inspired by ProPublica, we've added a "republish" button on most of our pages. Full Story 

• 2010: The Most Vulnerable Democratic Congressman in Texas

  By Evan Smith July 22, 2010

  ... is Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio — or at least that's what the big spenders at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee seem to think. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith July 17, 2010

  Grissom's three-part series (here, here and here) on prosperity and peril along the U.S.-Mexico border, Hu on the Division of Workers' Compensation audit report, Stiles puts more than 3,000 personal disclosure forms filed by politicians, candidates and state officials online, M. Smith on attempts to curb the practice of barratry (better known as ambulance chasing), Ramsey interviews the chair of the Texas Libertarian Party, Hamilton on attempts to improve the success rates of community colleges, Galbraith on whether electric deregulation has helped or hurt Texans, Aguilar talks to a chronicler of the bloody narco-wars and Ramshaw on doctors who most often prescribe antipsychotic drugs to the state's neediest patients: The best of our best from July 12 to 16, 2010. Full Story