Brian is founding member of The Barbed Wire team. A longtime Texas journalist, he has written for the Austin American-Statesman, the Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas Monthly, and more. He was also a writer and producer at Rooster Teeth.
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CJ Morgan loves karaoke. Especially when he performs “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence. There’s only one problem: He’s not very good at singing it. (In fact, it almost led to a fight at the Austin karaoke bar The Common Interest, after some audience members thought he was
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If you’ve ever wanted to achieve the dream of owning a huge Texas ranch, now’s your chance. The massive 32,000-acre Wylie Mountains Ranch just outside Marfa can be yours for a measly $27 million, according to the Houston Chronicle. For that money, you’ll own almost
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While our state leaders are focused on being jerks to transgender Texans and passing giant giveaways to private schools, there’s a bigger issue that our politicians are blithely ignoring: a huge majority of Texans can’t afford food. According to a new poll of 1,100 people, an overwhelming
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In the dystopian hellscape that is public education funding in Texas, add “homeless teachers” to our long list of horrors that we’ve accepted for tax cuts. One such Texas teacher has attracted national attention after he resorted to crowdfunding to pay his bills. Bill Atkinson, who describes himself as
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Dimitri Alexandrov prefers being a good guy. In the world of professional wrestling, with its history of villainous foreign heels like The Iron Sheik, fans in the U.S. are naturally inclined to boo a Russian. So, as 33-year-old Alexandrov sees it, it’s more of a challenge
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We love big things in Texas, and statues are no different — whether it’s the giant statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville or the 55-foot state fair mainstay, Big Tex. Now we’ve got a new colossus to add to the mix: Houston Public Media reported that a 90-
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Texas prides itself on being cordial; our road signs even say “Drive Friendly — The Texas Way.” Rude behavior is for those states up north, not here … right? Not so fast, because we’ve got four cities in a survey of the top rudest in the U.S. That’s according
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Houston Rep. Shawn Thierry, who recently made news for joining an anti-transgender policy group, dispensed with all pretenses of being a Democrat on Friday and announced that she’s switching to the GOP. In a post on X, Thierry wrote: “The Democratic Party has veered so far left, so
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University of Texas alum Gerald Goodridge was living in Oklahoma City in 2010 when disaster struck. During the undefeated Longhorns’ national title game against the University of Alabama, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy went down with an injury in the first quarter and never returned. It was a bad omen for
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We love a throwback. On Thursday, ESPN published a great retelling of “the most famous moment in the history of one of the most famous college football traditions” — the Texas A&M towel heist at the 1988 Cotton Bowl. Aggies are renowned for their traditions — and one of the
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You might not love Dr Pepper, but — if you live in Texas — you have to respect it. Sure, it’s not Coke or Pepsi, but it’s ours. (And not to brag, but Dr Pepper passed Pepsi last year to become the number two soda brand in the U.S.
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Latino Democrats are calling for a federal investigation following voter fraud raids by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on their homes, civil rights organization LULAC told CBS News. Paxton's office announced the voter fraud investigation last week. Now, in a letter obtained by CBS reporters, LULAC has accused