Past Contributions

• New Day Rising: Steve Murdock on the Coming Hispanic Majority

  By Evan Smith March 7, 2011

  At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, former state demographer and former U.S. Census Bureau director Steve Murdock talked extensively about demographic change in Texas. Full Story 

• Four Mayors on the Future of Austin

  By Evan Smith March 3, 2011

  On Monday night, former mayors Henry Cisneros, of San Antonio; Laura Miller, of Dallas; Kirk Watson, of Austin; and Bill White, of Houston offered advice about the future of the Capital City. Full Story 

• A Conversation With Lindsey Graham

  By Evan Smith March 2, 2011

  On Friday, at an event held by the Tribune and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, I interviewed the senator from South Carolina about federal immigration policy and reform. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Our First Monthly QRANK Winner is...

  By Evan Smith March 1, 2011

  Congrats to a super-smart QRANK: TT Edition player whose username is ThaddeusScott: He scored 99,711 points in February — more than 3,000 points better than the second-place finisher, KentWillis, who put up 96,505 points. Full Story 

• Burka, House Members on the Future of Texas

  By Evan Smith March 1, 2011

  On Wednesday night, the LBJ Future Forum presented a conversation with six members of the Texas House about the future of Texas. Paul Burka of Texas Monthly moderated. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation About Health Care

  By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

  For our latest TribLive event, I talked about federal health care reform with state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities and Tom Banning of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Full Story 

• Zerwas on Abortion and Women's Health Programs

  By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

  At Wednesday's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, warned against defunding providers of women's health services as an unintended consequence of defunding abortion providers. Full Story 

• Zerwas on Health Exchange Legislation

  By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

  At Wednesday's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, explained why he's introduced legislation to implement a crucial part of federal health care reform. Full Story 

• Zerwas and Zerwas and Dunkelberg on What's Good and Bad About "Obamacare"

  By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

  At Wednesday's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, and Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities talked about what they like and don't like about federal health care reform. Full Story 

• National Journal: Texans Among Most Conservative in Congress

  By Evan Smith Feb. 24, 2011

  U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Reps. Randy Neugebauer and Sam Johnson are among the most conservative members of Congress, according to National Journal's annual ranking of votes. Full Story