Watson Wire

May You Stay Forever Young

October 16, 2018

On Sunday, I was the featured guest on Over the Lege, the very funny comedy show that promotes itself as “Your favorite (some would say only) Texas Legislature political satire show.” I wasn’t really...

Respect and More

October 8, 2018

So, about the last couple of weeks….It’s hard to take how divided we are right now. And it’s hard to believe that the toxic tone and approach to politics, which would’ve been unthinkable not so long a...

Contortions, distortions and budget BS

September 17, 2018

When I was a kid, my father would condemn some people, like politicians, who took contradictory or hypocritical positions. He’d say, “That guy is talking out of both sides of his mouth”. That di...

A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

September 10, 2018

I snuck away on my motorcycle for a long ride for a few days. I love riding — except when it’s raining. I don’t like that at all. We saw no rain since forever, until I decided to crawl on the back...

#BiasedTowardAction

August 20, 2018

I’ve gotta admit that I enjoy Twitter most of the time. I probably spend too much of the day scrolling through my feed to stay on top of the latest mind-boggling news out of Washington, pick up pol...

We need to talk

June 19, 2018

Every day it seems there’s another heartbreaking, horrifying, and mind-boggling development in the world. Sometimes it's hard to wrap my head around what's happening in our country. And I'm constantly...