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Texas handled their drought well

Water wonk Jfleck I think I’d argue the Texas experience shows that, when communities are really up against it, they’ve demonstrated the ability to do a far better job at managing scarce water. Only two small communities in Texas ran…

Real American values: Slavery in Texas in 1860

The opening sentence of L.P. Hartley’s 1953 novel, The Go-Between, says: “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” My genealogical research has shown that, through my father, half of my heritage is Southern, beginning in Virginia in…

Texas drought. Towns struggle for water

PBS reports on the continuing Texas drought and its impact on small towns. Some areas don’t have enough water to fight fires, and last year the fire season was the worst ever. The town of Robert Lee is building a…