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Maybe Harvard students today have too much else to do or too much to lose. Maybe we just have a stronger stomach for tyranny than our Revolutionary forefathers. The lack of hot breakfast glares as a public symbol that our administration is too careless and too calloused to even keep...
Despite the worldwide headlines, Parker's victory will have little resonance on a statewide scale. Houston is a place where Republicans like Governor Rick Perry and his primary challenger, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, go for fundraisers, not votes. Indeed, the moderate GOP votes that Parker won may come at a...
Parker's opponent in the runoff was a fellow Democrat, Gene Locke, who was also familiar to voters. A lawyer and lobbyist for the city of Houston, he won the backing of Houston's business leadership. An African American, Locke could have pulled key support from the black community but...
As for Parker's being gay, Murray explains that Houston's voters "are not that caught up in 'lifestyle' politics ... Across the whole country, attitudes have been evolving about issues like civil unions, and Texas is still part of the United States of America." It should also be noted, says...
Todd Hill, a gay Democratic activist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, says Parker's win does have a wider meaning. "I don't believe that Parker's victory gives life to wider LGBT agenda initiatives. But I do believe that her election gives momentum toward qualified, experienced and politically...