The Ragged Edge

Just me and the ducks hanging out at the Chamber waiting to see if anyone needs a $10 professional head shot. Put your face one and hurry by. The kit comes down at 10:30. (Cash or Venmo)

Just a guy with a portable studio set up in the Chamber lobby offering $10 professional headshots until 5 pm.

A last hurrah with the Hill Country News ... and a new Ragged Edge.

A boring government is one worth fighting for Jim Penniman-Morin and I are locked in a good-natured battle over who first said that government should be boring. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure that Jim cares but that would make for a poor …

New Column is up.

Don’t worry. The kids are gonna be fine. Me: (Reads a press release from the governor bashing local school districts because some of the books they have in their library and classrooms make some parents uncomfortable.) “Huh.” My computer:…

When the podcast is on hiatus but you have something to say, you write it down. Here's the latest Ragged Edge.

What’s an acceptable number? There’s a question that rattles around my brain pan and the possible answers to it disappoint me. How many is too many? What’s an acceptable mortality rate? I was reminded this morning that I’m old…

The Ragged Edge (in written form) returns!

There is no such thing as ‘local control’ One of the most nonsensical things that has happened during this 18-months-long Covid nightmare, a nightmare positively brimming with deadly and nonsensical nonsense, is our governor’s most recent …

The fella I interviewed about the new book he co-authored, called Forget the Alamo, just got published in WaPo. You can catch the conversation with when you look for The Ragged Edge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or at raggededge.buzzsprout.com.

Opinion | Texas Republicans rush to guard the Alamo from the facts A museum talk about our book challenging the heroic myth was suddenly canceled.

This is just bizarre.

But, you can listen to one of the authors, Jason Stanford, talk about the book, and why it pi**es people off, on the latest podcast.

Bullock Museum Cancels "Forget the Alamo" Program Under Pressure Right-wing outrage scuttles writers' virtual event (for now)

Everything you thought you knew about the Alamo is wrong. Know how I know? I talked to Jason Stanford on the new podcast. Look for it on Apple Podcasts or at this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1349173/episodes/8756773

Our podcast airs every Sunday morning at about 10 a.m. on Black Sparrow Radio-KBSR right after Julie Davis Rydell excellent Plow & Hose Gardening in Central Texas program. This week, we talked to State Representative John Bucy III. Check it out!

As always, you can find our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and a host of other servers, or on our website: https://raggededge.buzzsprout.com/

The Ragged Edge podcast went on the road again this week, this time to moderate a town hall event for HD 136 State Representative John Bucy III. An extended recording of that conversation will air Sunday at 10 a.m. following Julie Davis Rydell's very fine Plow & Hose Gardening in Central Texas radio program. Join us for a recap of the legislative session and a deep dive into Texas politics.

Over the last year, we've recorded more than 50 programs — and some of them are pretty danged good! There was the one with Wayne Mueller, the one with Amy Everhart, the one with Curie Humphreys ... the ones with Lisa Stiles Drummond and ... plus a whole lot more! If you've a mind to, you can find them on Apple Podcasts, most other podcast hosts or at our website: https://raggededge.buzzsprout.com/

The show is good. The audio ... not so much. Thanks for your patience.
Hill Country News State Representative John Bucy III, Whitestone Brewery

The Ragged Edge on the road — again! — with Rep. John Bucy - The Ragged Edge Our show this week is another on the road edition, this one recorded during a town hall for State Rep. John Bucy on the patio at Whitestone brewery in Cedar Park and hosted by the Hill Country News. I got to moderate the conversation. Every time w...