America returned from Thanksgiving holiday oblivious that Washington is still whipped up into frenzy about the War on Terror, the prospects for another attack on the homeland, the creation of a new homeland-security department, and the impending war. What’s odd is that these people are convinced that everyone else in the country is as hysterical as they are, following every twist and turn in the on-again-off-again war, glued to the newspaper’s details about the new department, hanging on every new terror war. No way. My visit to my extended family in Texas has convinced me of what I’ve suspected for … Continue reading Texas Ignores the Hegemon