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Wealth is both a benefit and pitfall in politics
The New Testament tells us that it is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God....
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 08/01/04 by Paul Burka Los Angeles Times · More from publication -
War stories: George W. Bush and John Kerry can each tell you what he did--or didn't do--during Vietnam. (So, for that matter, can I.) Why should that be an issue in the presidential race?
The decisive issue in the presidential race, all the savants agree, will be how voters view the war. But which war? There are so many to choose...
Texas Monthly, 08/01/04 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Corps values: most Aggies ask nothing more of their beloved university than to remain the same. But every departure from the past--and there are many these days--is an omen for the vigilant that Texas A&M isn't what it used to be. And thank goodness f
I WAS LUCKY TO BE STANDING in the student section during the t.u. game. However, I was horrified when I looked across the Kyle Field to the alumni...
Texas Monthly, 05/01/04 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
And then there were none
No white Texas Democrats in Congress, that is. Unless the U.S. Justice Department or a federal court finds violations of the Voting Rights Act, the...
Texas Monthly, 12/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Ruthless people: in the new Texas politics, civility is a casualty. But do the ends justify the meanness?
"MAYBE THEY MEANT EVERY 140 years for 2 days." Toward the end of a particularly dismal legislative session in the mid-eighties, that slogan...
Texas Monthly, 12/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Judging Priscilla: Priscilla Owen's opponents attack her conservative views, but the more troubling issue is whether she disregards precedent
POOR PRISCILLA OWEN. The embattled Texas Supreme Court justice whose appointment to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has stalled for the...
Texas Monthly, 11/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Greatness visible: the University of Texas has more going for it today than ever before: unregulated tuition, unfettered diversity, smart students, winning sports teams, first-class cultural facilities, academic programs with buzz, and finally, an adminis
THE DREAM OF A GREAT UNIVERSITY rising out of the pairie north of the Colorado River is almost as old as Texas itself. The Battle of San Jacinto...
Texas Monthly, 10/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Sizzle and stakes: Dallas Mayor Laura Miller is hungry to take on the big problems facing the city. she'd better be--because her plate is full
THIS ISSUE IS ENTIRELY ABOUT DALLAS. If we had done a similar issue 25 years ago-about the time that the current mayor, Laura Millet, made her...
Texas Monthly, 09/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Rice and shine: my alma mater has its first national title and the NCAA's best graduation rate. If president Malcolm Gillis could reform college athletics, we'd be unbeatable. (Behind the Lines)
MALCOLM GILLIS, THE PRESIDENT of Rice University, likes to tell the story of the football player who was being recruited by Rice and another Texas...
Texas Monthly, 08/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication -
Shut out: the Texas Rangers have never made it to the World Series. Neither have the Houston Astros. Two baseball veterans talk about what went wrong--and how our favorite teams can fix it. (Conference Call)
PARTICIPANTS Paul Burka, senior executive editor Larry Dierker (below), former Houston Astros pitcher and manager; author of This Ain't...
Texas Monthly, 08/01/03 by Paul Burka · More from publication
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