Ann Richards

One must legitimately ask where this assault on women will stop. What will conservative Republicans think they can get away with next if there isn't an uprising saying, "We will not accept this attack on women!"

Mitt Romney, tribune of the people, still doesn't seem to get a simple concept: Social Security is popular. With everybody. And particularly with olde...

It might be time for Texas Democrats to stop trying to persuade people who already agree with us. If we stopped lecturing and started being likeable, we might actually start winning some statewide races.

Herman Cain can blame Rick Perry for leaking past sexual harassment charges. And he might be right. But it doesn't really matter who did it. The information was there and he ought to have planned his messaging for when it went public. And he didn't.

The national press loves to fall in love, and Perry had a nice 72-hour honeymoon before his shoot-from-the-lip style, which works in Amarillo, Abilene and around Austin, backfired with Bernanke. Big time.

In the name of austerity, newly elected Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker is attempting to stamp out public workers' collective bargaining rights. But despite his dire claims, his state had been coping better than most.

Elizabeth Wurtzel nails some important points in her recent article in The Atlantic, titled, Sarah Palin, Riot Grrrl. Much of the online debate aroun...

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. He's on solid ground, and he can take comfort in modern Texas political history, odd as that may seem.

The defining moment in my adult life came inconveniently about six months after I got the first big break in my journalism career. At least it seemed ...

James Baker has joined his nemesis in recommending a stunning new piece of federal legislation -- a law designed to rein in future presidents who want to go to war half-cocked.

A good rule for office seekers is to never hint that you read your own media reviews. Stay on the meat of your policy and vision, and sell only that. It'll sell you.