Past Contributions

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Jan. 23, 2010

  Hu explores on the schism between Bushworld and Perrywold and the increasingly curious question of what Debra Medina wants; Stiles goes all Shark Week on gubernatorial campaign finance, with searchable databases, bubble maps and word clouds; M. Smith on what happens if there's a GOP runoff; Rapoport on the sniping between Perry and KBH on transparency; Hamilton on KBH's abortion issue odyssey; Ramshaw exposes the disgracefully low percentage of state school employees who abuse or kill profoundly disabled Texans and are then prosecuted for their acts; Thevenot on higher ed's tuition time bomb; Aguilar on the Latino pay gap; Ramsey on Farouk Shami's "gift" to Hank Gilbert; Ramsey and Philpott on the the Supreme's Court's corporate campaign cash fallout; and E. Smith's interviews with House Speaker Joe Straus with retiring Republican state representative — and future Texas State chancellor? — Brian McCall. The best of our best from January 18 to 22, 2010. Full Story 

• Brian McCall as Texas State Chancellor?

  By Evan Smith Jan. 22, 2010

  The retiring Republican state representative from Plano talks about how he'll spend his time after twenty years in elective office. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Meet Me in St. Louis

  By Evan Smith Jan. 21, 2010

  What will those original thinkers at the Post-Dispatch think of next? Full Story 

• Brian McCall on Craddick vs. Straus

  By Evan Smith Jan. 21, 2010

  The retiring Republican state representative from Plano reviews House Speaker Joe Straus' first year on the job. Full Story 

• Brian McCall on the GOP and the Tea Party

  By Evan Smith Jan. 20, 2010

  Retiring State Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, on purity tests, big tents, and the battle for the souls of his fellow Republicans. Full Story 

• An Interview with Brian McCall

  By Evan Smith Jan. 20, 2010

  State Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, on the leadership of Speaker Joe Straus, the modern Republican party and his decision to leave the Texas House after two decades. Full Story 

• 2010: The Bushiest Bushie for Kay

  By Evan Smith Jan. 19, 2010

  James Baker enters the fray. Full Story 

• Perry 43, Hutchison 33, Medina 12

  By Evan Smith Jan. 18, 2010

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• A Conversation with Joe Straus

  By Evan Smith Jan. 18, 2010

  For the first of our TribLive events, I interviewed the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives about his first session leading his colleagues, the coming budget turmoil, the controversial plans for a renovation of the Governor's Mansion, the "scary as hell" health care reforms in play in Congress, and, of course, the titanic battle of Rick vs. Kay. Full Story 

• 2010: A Theory About the Democrats and Waco

  By Evan Smith Jan. 14, 2010

  It's not about Kip Averitt. It's about Chet Edwards. Full Story