On Tuesday of this week, I had my first day of class with this semester’s Women In Politics students at the University of Houston. To wake them up for the early morning class, I created a short playlist and it included Beyonce’s Rule the World and the spoken word Feminist Interlude. It helped to spark […]
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Across most of Texas, students from pre-K through college return to school today. My teenager and I both return to school as well. I’ll be teaching though. I love the start of a new semester and a new school year. We get to make all new resolutions and the students come ready to conquer the […]
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Since the recent Republican revival meeting, I mean Party convention, there has been much hue and cry about the platform. The platform included language that appears to be out of step with societal norms, even among conservatives. The most obvious of these was a statement calling for the “reparative therapy for gays” which means that […]
Continue reading →The Republicans and Democrats have now set their ballots for 2014 and the election moves from the shadows to the mainstream voters. Primaries really are family feuds where loyal partisans struggle amongst themselves to select their banner bearers for the general election. In 2014, the Democrats had a rather smooth path and have been […]
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If you have been paying attention to politics since the first of the year, you should be recognizing the signs of the coming 2016 Presidential election. As of this month, we are just two short years away from the 2016 primary season. Presidential politics are in full-swing at the insider level. President Obama will finish […]
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Ponderings is back for a very exciting and politically intriguing 2014. Of course, we have upcoming statewide elections for U.S. Senator, Governor, Lt. Governor and many other offices. The new Houston City Council is being sworn in today with 6 new Members that will change the politics of that entity. Statewide Elections promise to […]
Continue reading →We are just days away from Houston’s Election Day. The Election is Tuesday, November 5. You can still early vote through Friday at 7:00 p.m. This election has been especially odd but people do seem interested in the outcome. At least, they seemed to have tuned-in during the last couple of weeks. Early vote totals […]
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Last week, I took in a Mayoral debate and a Mayoral candidate forum. Between the two, I was able to see the full slate of contenders for Mayor. The Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum on Thursday and Houston Public Media (KUHT and KUHF) hosted a debate on Monday evening in conjunction […]
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On Tuesday night, Houston Public Media and the League of Women Voters hosted the only televised Mayoral debate of the campaign season. They invited all of the candidates to participate and 8 of them agreed to join in the conversation. Debates with 8 candidates can be a bit tedious but some of them offered comic […]
Continue reading →We previously analyzed District D with its 12 candidates and the impact it may have on the Mayor’s race. In our continuing series on Council races, we will focus on District I. Like District D, District I has no incumbent. Council Member James Rodriguez has served his full terms on Council and is prohibited from […]
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