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About John Young

For 25 years John was editorial page editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald, his columns for Cox Newspapers read widely via the New York Times News Service. He was syndicated by Creators Syndicate out of Los Angeles from 1992 to 1993. The Tribune-Herald published his book, One Oar in the Brazos. In 2007 in advance of the 2008 election, he wrote Ghosts of Liberals Past (Authorhouse). Read his biohere. John Young lives in Colorado. Email:[email protected].

Next dire culture-war threat: wrestlers without legs

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By John Young “A toast — to the Texas Legislature.” The Republican strategists lifted their cocktails high. What a session — a brutal blitzkrieg against a helplessly microscopic segment of constituents who barely have a voice: transexuals. Mass shootings? A fatally flawed electric grid? Schools gasping for funding? Texas Republicans could, in all good conscience, […]

DeSantis’ daredevil (and dumb) canyon jump

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By John Young Vindictive. Vengeful. Vituperative. Vitriolic. Vainglorious. Venal. Volatile. That’s just from the V section for Ron DeSantis. Not “visionary.” Not “virtuous.” Just mean. Tragically, his style of spite sells to some in the age of Trump. As New York Times columnist (and Reagan conservative) Bret Stephens quips, “It takes a creep to beat […]

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