The Texas Observer

The Long and the Short of It

I’LL ADMIT IT: FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I’ve paid little attention to Ken Paxton’s criminal troubles. I knew, of course, that the Texas attorney general had been indicted (who could forget his grinning mugshot?), and I could probably give you a reasonable accounting of his alleged felonies. Beyond that,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Texas Observer

The Texas Observer19 min readCrime & Violence
Between Two Deaths: Hope For The Future
It was a busy day for Mitesh Patel and his wife Shweta in May 2018. Both 36, they were working from their home office in the Alamo Heights suburb of San Antonio while their two sons were at school and daycare. Shweta, a financial manager for a major
The Texas Observer4 min read
The Origins Of White Christian Supremacy
America is undergoing an identity crisis, author Robert P. Jones writes. As revealed in recent studies by Jones’s research organization, Public Religion Research Institute, dramatic demographic shifts have rendered once-dominant white Christians a mi
The Texas Observer11 min read
The Last Texan Killed In Afghanistan
In collaboration with Latino USA The house on Sabana Lane in Laredo is a repository of memories. Military posters, American flags, crosses, and photographs hang on the wall, each of them a piece of David Lee Espinoza’s story that ended in Afghanistan

Related Books & Audiobooks