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By Jim “Pappy” Moore A good friend wrote me recently, sending an article on the Post Modernists and how their dark, condemning philosophy of the past has infested much of academia the past half century. The article summarized the phenomenon. They believe that all the pillars of Western civilization are unjustified suppositions which amount to…

July 24, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 9.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.23/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 2.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 58.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore My first year of law school was punctuated by the presence of a legendary University of Texas law professor, a brilliant eccentric – Gus Hodges. He was born in 1908, and in 1974 was the living picture of a man steeped in the practice of trial law in Texas. He was…

July 17, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 3.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.14/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 5.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 85.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore Guy Wellborn III began his career as a law professor in August of 1974, a week after President Richard Nixon’s historic resignation from the presidency.  Thirty-five years later, Professor Wellborn remains a fixture at the University of Texas Law School, and is a nationally heralded expert on evidence. When he taught his very first…

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune July 13, 2023 “Long-awaited $18 billion property tax-cut deal heads to Gov. Greg Abbott” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief,…

By Karen Brooks Harper and Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2023 “Texas House and Senate reach a deal on how to cut property taxes” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.…

July 10, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.11/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 2.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 108.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…