I’ve lured you here under false pretenses. This is not, as the headline implies, a cheeky column about Gov. Rick Perry. Instead, I’m here to dazzle you with the depth of my petty narcissism....

    After a recent visit to California, Gov. Rick Perry came back to Texas an enlightened man. While meeting with deans from Stanford University’s business and engineering...

Editor’s note: On Aug. 27, five major Texas newspapers jointly announced they would sponsor a gubernatorial debate on the UT campus with KLRU-TV, Austin’s public television station....