Horns up: Same-sex benefits for veterans
At odds with the Texas National Guard’s announcement Tuesday that it won’t grant benefits to same-sex couples, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder...
On Tuesday, state Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, confirmed to The Texas Tribune that he wrote a letter of recommendation to the University of Texas School of Law on behalf of his son, who was later admitted...
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Horns Up: Cornyn shows restraint on Syria
On Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News reported that Sen. John Cornyn had stayed silent throughout a meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional...
Last week, Texas’ voter ID law was put into practice for the first time when early voting began for a special election in Edinburg. The law was passed in 2011 but had been prevented from taking effect...
In an Aug. 15 address to the Texas Alliance for Life, an anti-abortion organization, Texas Railroad Commission chairman and Attorney General candidate Barry Smitherman gave quite a speech. The best sound...
On Friday, before Americans began their three-day weekend, President Obama stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced that he would seek congressional approval for U.S. military action against...
Last week the Austin American-Statesman reported that Austin Independent School District leaders, including Edmund Oropez, the district’s associate superintendent of high schools, want to start Austin’s...
Horns Down: Manziel's non-punishment
The NCAA has said that it can’t prove that Texas A&M University quarterback Johnny Manziel was paid thousands of dollars for signing autographs. Consequently,...
Horns Up: The Trail of Lights Returns
The Trail of Lights is coming back. After a few years of unreliable illumination, the Austin tradition will now include better parking and multiple paths through...
Editor’s note: This column by former University President Harry Ransom offers advice to freshmen as they embark upon their college careers. Though originally published in the August 9, 1957, issue...
Eleven things I learned from former student government president and current UT student Thor Lund’s recent blog post, “What I've learned about Women.”
1. Though...
