The Texanist
March 18, 2024
The Texanist: Do Rural Texans Still Love Local Baseball?
A Conroe man remembers the glory days of the Ballinger Cats and his hometown Rabbit Twisters.
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In Memoriam
January 22, 2024
Farewell to One of the Fathers of Fracking
Claude Cooke loved the oil and gas business—and worked to address some of its shortcomings.
Books
December 6, 2023
A Wild Trip Into the World of Far-Right Novels
Texas's Defiance Press publishes conservative broadsides that border on fiction. But it’s the company’s actual novels that are truly strange.
Sports
October 24, 2023
A High School Football Fairy Tale Unfolds in Southeast Texas
Thanks to second-year coach Trent Miller and five-star senior quarterback DJ Lagway, 8–0 Willis High School has become an “addict” for winning.
Politics & Policy
January 30, 2023
Kyle Rittenhouse and What the Right Is Talking About When It Talks About Censorship
Booted from one locale amid outcry, the “Rally Against Censorship” proceeded—with an airing of familiar right-wing grievances.
Sports
October 10, 2022
Meet Jak Crawford, the 17-Year-Old Texan Gunning for a Seat in Formula 1
The teenager grew up in the Houston suburbs, where he started driving go-karts when he was six. He now races with some of the best drivers in the world.
Politics & Policy
January 30, 2022
Texas Republican Candidates Need Donald Trump More Than He Needs Them
At the former president’s Saturday evening rally in Conroe, even candidates whose opponents he’d endorsed were out in full force.
Politics & Policy
August 21, 2021
Opponents of “Critical Race Theory” Are Winning a Culture War in Montgomery County
School board meetings in Texas's most Republican large county have devolved into shouting matches about curriculum, leaving many teachers worried about the academic year ahead.
Music
July 21, 2021
Mary McCoy Keeps Texas Country Radio’s Golden Age Alive
After seven decades behind the mic, the Conroe deejay still spins the sort of country records they just don’t make anymore—for a town that barely resembles the one she grew up in.