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Originally designed to promote the columns of anonymous Republican and Democratic writers, this page is now the home of a variety of columnists which currently include former Republican Party political director Royal Masset, environmental reporter Duggan Flanakin, former San Antonio Light Capitol reporter Ed Sills, and general all-around curmudgeon Edd O'Donnell. Each columnist brings decades of experience to the table.

January 22, 2010      3:40 PM

MASSET: THE MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL AND GOP FORTUNES

Always insightful, frequently controversial, Royal Masset was fighting in the trenches for the GOP when Texas was a one-party Democratic state. We offer his take.

Every commentary you hear about the Massachusetts’ Special Election for US Senate, says it was a great Republican victory.

It was a great election and we Republicans will benefit.  But whether we will win back control of Congress in November depends on what we learn from this election.

The major fact to understand is that this election was won by Independents, not Republicans.   It helped that Obama really muffed his handling of his health care proposals.  To get his 60 Senate votes Obama was willing to give special tax cuts to union members and expensive projects to Nebraska and Louisiana.  

Deal making is hardly unknown in politics.   But these deals were so crass in the magnitude of their corruptness as to shock everyone.  I felt a tinge of nostalgia for the pre-TV fifties when this type of corruption was normal.

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By Royal Masset

Copyright January 22, 2010, Harvey Kronberg, www.quorumreport.com, All rights are reserved

December 14, 2009      4:05 PM

EDD O’DONNELL: NEED FOR INNOVATIVE WATER POLICIES IN TEXAS MUST BE PARAMOUNT PUBLIC ISSUE FOR 21ST CENTURY

Our resident curmudgeon leaves none untouched in seeking a rational policy for water

    The international climate change summit in Copenhagen is another time wasting attempt at window dressing “progress” on a wholly intractable issue. Whether you think “climate change” is a product of human transgressions against the environment or a historically occurring cycle such as the Ice Age of as recently as 10,000 years ago, one thing is certain.

     We are seeing climate change of note over the little more than a century of weather record keeping in this country. Drought has gripped portions of the nation that have no previous record of drought. Locally, central Texas has been in drought most of the past 10 years.

    So, blowhard, what’s this got to do with water policies in Texas?  Read on, puh-lease.

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By Edd O'Donnell

Copyright December 14, 2009, Harvey Kronberg, www.quorumreport.com, All rights are reserved