This week I sat down with an old grade school classmate who I haven't seen in nearly 40 years for an unforgettable interview.
Ivan Cantu is scheduled to be executed next week in Texas for a crime he says he didn't commit.
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Scot Peterson, the “Coward of Broward,” stood by as a slaughter unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Does the blame lie with him, his training—or a society in denial about what it would take to stop mass shootings? @ThompsonJamieL reports: theatln.tc/C2VHHaHu
I spent much of the past year working on this and am thrilled that it's finally out in the world. Some terrific writing and beautiful design from my colleagues @TexasMonthly. Please support your local bookstore by going out and buying 100 copies. Thank you.
A stunner from @skiphol that will leave tears on your face and a lump in your throat. Today is the last day for the House Community Safety Committee to vote HB 2744, mentioned in this article, out of committee. Will they do it? @madkisonews is at the Capitol following the bill.
A year ago, before the Uvalde school shooting, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a speech or scolded a U.S. senator.
But in grieving her ten-year-old daughter, who was murdered in the shooting, Mata-Rubio found her fight. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
No one sensed he had any sort of dark side. No one had ever heard him say anything about a hatred of sex workers. So why did such a seemingly decent, successful man suddenly begin killing women who worked as prostitutes?
@skiphol on Juan David Ortiz: trib.al/J2Jy8AS
A new Netflix series revisits a string of murders that occurred near League City in the 80s and 90s. In addition to appearing in the documentary, @skiphol interviewed Robert Abel, the former NASA engineer once suspected in the killings, in 1999. trib.al/XrXsvqY
Still thinking about my visit to #Dallas#bookstore@deepvellumbooks - what a great place AND the nation's biggest publisher of books in translation. Right now they also have SIGNED copies of CODE OF SILENCE - get 'em while they're hot! w/@willevans@skiphol
What’s in a name? Well, everything, especially if it belongs to a war hero on a Washington DC memorial wall. The Korean War wall of remembrance goes up Wednesday morning, and it’s full of ridiculous mistakes. Like what? 1/
“Hard Scrabble,” the tough-as-nails patch of earth that was home to Texas author John Graves (“Goodbye to a River”) has been spared by the Chalk Mountain Fire, although several nearby ranch homes were lost.