Politics & Policy
February 24, 2016
Texas Loves Ted
The state’s junior senator has raised more from individual contributions than all the other major candidates combined.
Ted Cruz
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Politics & Policy
February 11, 2016
New Hampshire Was a Wake-Up Call
Why Tuesday night's results were alarming.
Politics & Policy
February 10, 2016
Ted Cruz Blocks Ambassador Appointments to Make a Point Because He Can
Apparently no target is too trivial for the pertinacious presidential candidate.
Politics & Policy
February 10, 2016
What New Hampshire’s Results Mean
Debating the impact of last night's primary results.
Politics & Policy
February 2, 2016
How Ted Cruz Won Iowa
The Texas senator's victory wasn't hard to see coming.
Politics & Policy
January 29, 2016
The Field Guide to Ted Cruz
Ten tips for figuring out the “wacko bird.”
Politics & Policy
January 22, 2016
Cruz In the Arena
With less than two weeks until the Iowa caucus, the knives are out.
Bum Steers
January 3, 2016
The 2016 Bum Steer Awards
The Great Texas Meltdown of 2015 started slowly. In fact, things were looking mighty good for perennial favorites the Dallas Cowboys when they made the playoffs last January, and they could have gone all the way if it hadn’t been for a controversial call by the refs that cost them
The Texanist
December 23, 2015
Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the December 2015 issue.
Politics & Policy
December 17, 2015
A Tough Pill to Swallow
Ted Cruz’s bizarre effort to reframe his own record on "legalization."
The Daily Post
December 17, 2015
Ted Cruz Erotic Fan Fiction Is A Thing You Can Buy And Read Right Now
Oh, what a time to be alive.
Politics & Policy
December 15, 2015
Cruz in the Crosshairs
Tonight's Republican debate has high stakes for the Texas senator.
Politics & Policy
December 8, 2015
Ted Cruz’s Headlines May Be Mundane, But He’s Still Rising In The Polls
His headlines might not be as incendiary as Trump's, but Ted Cruz is still making a splash.
Politics & Policy
December 2, 2015
All the Cruz That’s Fit to Print
It’s time to come to terms with the idea that Ted Cruz could be the Republican nominee.
Politics & Policy
November 25, 2015
Give Thanks for Ted Cruz
America’s short-term Trump problem will end in Iowa.
Politics & Policy
November 13, 2015
Ted Cruz, Amnesty Enthusiast?
Marco Rubio confronts Ted Cruz with his own record.
Politics & Policy
November 11, 2015
Ted Cruz Is Getting Serious
The Texas senator showed some intellectual muscle at last night’s Republican debate.
Politics & Policy
November 10, 2015
The Ted Offensive
Our junior senator is rising in the polls, but what is his real message?
The Daily Post
October 28, 2015
The Only GOP Debate Preview Anybody Needs Is This Ted Cruz Rap Video
Definitely one of the finer hip hop odes to Texas’s junior senator.
Politics & Policy
October 27, 2015
Strange Bedfellows
Ted Cruz and Dan Patrick put the past behind them.
Politics & Policy
October 22, 2015
Is Ted Cruz Likeable Enough To Be President?
George W. Bush raises a simple critique with complex implications.
Politics & Policy
October 12, 2015
Ted Cruz’s Katamari Strategy
Results from a straw poll of libertarian Republicans highlight the senator’s shrewdness.
Politics & Policy
October 2, 2015
New Poll Reveals How Texans Feel About Obama, Blue Bell, and Toll Roads
We like the president less than the rest of the country, but the real showdown is over Blue Bell.
Politics & Policy
September 28, 2015
Ted Cruz’s Strategic Shift
The candidate turns his focus to the “campaign conservatives.”
Politics & Policy
September 4, 2015
Our Politics of Grievance
Three more examples of our elected leaders staying the crazy course.
Politics & Policy
August 20, 2015
Ted Cruz’s Trump Problem
Why Ted Cruz's friendship with the Donald could mean trouble for his campaign.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 2015
Five Takeaways from Ted Cruz’s New Book
The last one’s a doozy.
Politics & Policy
May 7, 2015
Is Rick Perry Running as the Liberal in the GOP Primary Field?
“Liberal” being a relative term, naturally.
Politics & Policy
May 7, 2015
The Race Is On!
Five Texans who would be president.
Politics & Policy
April 21, 2015
GOP Presidential Candidates are Banking Their Billionaires
The unlimited billionaire funding of Republican presidential candidates may actually keep the race alive until the Texas primary next March.
Politics & Policy
March 24, 2015
Ted Cruz Blazed a New Trail to Higher Office
Ted Cruz proved you don’t have to be a millioinaire or an elected officeholder to grab the brass ring in Texas.
Film & TV
March 23, 2015
Look Who Owns All the Obvious Cruz Campaign Web Addresses
Might we recommend that the first official candidate of the 2016 season snatch up the currently available “CruzingToThePresidency.com”?
Politics & Policy
March 22, 2015
Ted Cruz: We’ve Got This Covered
A few highlights from our archives relating to Texas’s junior senator.
Politics & Policy
March 22, 2015
Ted Cruz’s Gay Marriage Money
As U.S. Senator Ted Cruz launches a presidential big, will he have to explain his gay marriage money to social conservatives?
Politics & Policy
March 22, 2015
Ted Cruz’ Gay Marriage Money
As Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz launches a presidential campaign, he may have to explain how he started his political career with $260,000 in donations from gay marriage supporters.
Politics & Policy
November 26, 2014
Obama’s Immigration Action
Some questions about Barack Obama's explanation for his executive action on immigration, announced last week.
News & Politics
November 24, 2014
The Arguments Against Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration
On Thursday, the president said that Congress had left him no choice but to act alone. Conservatives can argue otherwise.
Politics & Policy
November 11, 2014
The Dan Patrick Profile
A look at Texas's next lieutenant governor
The Daily Post
November 11, 2014
Is Net Neutrality Really “Obamacare for the Internet”?
Senator Ted Cruz jumped into the Net Neutrality debate with a tweet heard 'round the world yesterday. What does it really mean?
Film & TV
July 23, 2014
Ted Cruz Laments That He’s Lost The Vampire Vote
A Ted Cruz reference on True Blood apparently stuck in the Senator's craw.
Politics & Policy
June 9, 2014
The Veepstakes
Three Texas Republicans might be contenders in 2016.
Politics & Policy
June 3, 2014
The Next President From Texas . . .
Rick Perry's presidential ambitions have run into a formidable obstacle in his home state: fellow Texan Ted Cruz.
Books
April 2, 2014
Ted Cruz Just Signed A Book Deal, Y’all
The rookie-sensation Senator who's totally not thinking about running for President just signed a deal to write his first book.
Burka Blog
March 12, 2014
Unelected Judges
Ted Cruz should know better than to lambast federal judges for being unelected
Politics & Policy
January 23, 2014
The Ted Cruz Experience
Good morning, Texans. It’s great to see you all on BurkaBlog, and I’m tickled that I can start my time here by referring you to my profile of Ted Cruz–the cover story for our February issue. I began reporting this story in July. The idea was to publish
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2014
Preview: The Man in the Arena
An excerpt from Erica Grieder’s February 2014 cover story on Senator Ted Cruz, which will officially hit newsstands (and the web) on January 22.
Politics & Policy
January 10, 2014
The Man in the Arena
In the brief time Ted Cruz has been a senator, he has managed to convince half the country that he is a true patriot and the other half that he is a dangerous nutcase. What will he do next?
Trolling
January 2, 2014
14 Predictions about 2014
What’s Ahead for Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, George Strait, Jerry Jones and other Texans.
Politics & Policy
December 6, 2013
Stuck in the Middle
Harry Reid to the left of him. The tea party to the right. Senator John Cornyn on the challenges of running a “big tent” GOP in a time of fierce partisanship.
News & Politics
November 19, 2013
Bipolar Order
Contrary to what the national media would have you believe, Texas is not politically monochromatic. It is, and always has been, a state with two minds.