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UT’s Confederate statues: Should they stay or should they go?
The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on the University of Texas campus. The University of Texas is holding the second of two public forums this afternoon on whether statues of four...
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Two Austin parents explain why Lee Elementary should change its name
The Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Austin on Wednesday, June 24, 2015.Shelby Tauber / AMERICAN-STATESMAN What’s in a name? That’s the question that Austin parents and school leaders are trying to...
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LBJ and a climate change anniversary
Climate scientist Roger Revelle shakes hands with President Lyndon Johnson in the Oval Office. Fifty years ago, LBJ’s science advisers issued a report that warned of the dangers of rising greenhouse...
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Let’s show some respect for the U.S. flag
A detailed view of the American flag during the national anthem prior to the start of the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Clemson...
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No man is good three times? Tell it to the Gipper
Franklin Roosevelt was president from 1933 to 1945. Elected four times, he is the only president to have served more than two terms. The worst constitutional amendment this side of Prohibition is the...
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It’s not a snub for Obama to skip Nancy Reagan’s funeral; it’s presidential norm
In this New York Times file photo, President Barack Obama escorts former first lady Nancy Reagan to the signing of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act at the White House on June 2, 2009. Many...
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These two election-related podcasts will give you some of the perspective you...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Hickory, North Carolina, on Monday. (Chuck Burton / Associated Press) Perspective is a wonderful thing. Two podcasts — one...
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Changing the name of Lee Elementary changes a school’s name, not history
Confederate apologists responded to the Austin school board’s decision to rename Robert E. Lee Elementary School with a barrage of familiar comments blaming the Civil War on Northern abolitionists,...
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Alexander Hamilton, the $10 founding father, and our unlisted rights
A monochrome copy of a painting of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull. (New York Public Library) I was an Alexander Hamilton man well before hip hop discovered the founding father and turned him into...
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Kissinger on Vietnam: A few mistakes, saddest moments, no regrets
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks Tuesday night during the LBJ Presidential Library’s Vietnam War Summit. “Why don’t you get out of Vietnam?”...
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Cinco de Mayo’s American roots
Arnold Wells / For American-StatesmanA-List photos from La Condesa’s Cinco de Mayo block party on Sunday, May 5, 2013. This week sombreros, colorful embroidered dresses, Mexican beer ads, as well as...
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Dallas’ deadly shootings: What others are saying
A Dallas police officer covers his face as he stands with others outside the emergency room at Baylor University Medical Center, Friday, July 8, 2016, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers...
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Lack of offensive content can’t be the only measure for newly proposed...
In 2016, Texas State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez, Jr. speaks out against the error-prone Mexican-American Heritage textbook voted down.RALPH BARRERA/AMERICAN-STATESMAN After rejecting a...
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Why the ‘hyphenated Americanism’ comment triggered outrage
People rally in front of the State Board of Education building last week before a preliminary vote on whether to create a statewide Mexican American studies course. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL /...
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