Texan humor and politics
Recently I happened to tell a native New Yorker that my great-grandfather* was a Texan communist. “Really?” he said. “In Texas-of-all-places. I didn’t know there was a Leftist tradition there.” His tone suggested I might’ve confused communism with snake-handling. Thanks to David Brooks and friends, lots of people who’ve never been west of Pennsylvania or south of D.C. now view . . .