Last week, unhinged teabaggers spat on African-American Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MD) and called Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) — a civil rights hero — the n-word.  They also called gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) a slur beginning with an “f.” Here are several members of Congress making their way through the crowd, including...

Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) — possibly the most Awesome member of Congress ever — will be calling in today at around 3:00. Grayson has authored the Medicare You Can Buy Into Act, which would extend Medicare benefits to every American. If the idea sounds familiar, it may be because it’s precisely the remedy recommended on this show back in...

On Friday’s show, we had an exclusive look at the material to be included in Texas’ new, far more conservative and thus vastly improved...

The webcast seems to be working out pretty well. It will be here today from 3-4 CST as we talk Texas textbooks, health care and weekend plans. Incidentally, I’m still blogging but was told that posting my stuff at both chron.com and here was a search engine-defying breach of internet etiquette (even though the posts are mine). So while I figure out how to...

It probably has something to do with the wireless connection, but today’s less than crystal clear live webcast will be right here between 3:00 and 4:00 CST today. Call 713-526-5738 to say something interesting… Update: Today’s show in audio and video: And here’s the...