Are Californians and other blue-state migrants turning Texas blue? The evidence suggests otherwise. Polling indicates that newcomers are often more conservative than native-born Texans. Many choose Texas precisely because they like its policies and opportunities, not because they want to recreate the states they left behind. Republicans have themselves to blame for much of their recent electoral defeat, rather than the people moving here.
No, children with COVID-19 aren’t filling up Texas intensive care units
Headlines such as “Dallas-Fort Worth out of ICU beds for children as surge in COVID-19 cases continues” have left many with the impression that in addition to being more contagious, the Delta variant is hitting kids harder than previous versions of the virus. It’s especially puzzling to those of us who’ve followed the science closely. […]
Virtual schooling led to dramatic learning loss
New data from Texas shows that regardless of economic status or race, enormous numbers of students who learned virtually for the majority of the past school year experienced a dramatic learning loss. This learning loss was most pronounced for Black and Hispanic students. This outcome is tragic given that schools that reopened for in-person instruction […]
Farewell Seattle
It’s with heavy hearts that my wife and I have made the unexpected decision to leave Seattle for Texas. We’ve each called this city home for 15+ years. Here we met, married, bought our first home, and have been raising two kids. While we have heavy hearts and hadn’t seriously contemplated this move until a […]
The end of a generation
We’re mourning the passing of a great matriarch of the family, Jennifer’s grandmother and Penelope and Harrison’s great grandmother, Mimmie. She lived to the age of 92 and was fortunate to be healthy, sharp and vibrant for all of those years. A true Texan, she lived independently right to the end, still driving herself around town and living in […]