Watson Wire

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...

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...

First Day of School

May 29, 2018

My initial involvement in political campaigns was in 1978, when I was in my second year of undergrad, and I volunteered and worked for a couple of candidates. But I really scratched the political itch...

Cooper’s Commencement

May 14, 2018

It was a big, big, exciting, happy weekend for the Watsons. Cooper Kyle Watson graduated from Baylor University this past Saturday. He has a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Physics with ...

Yeah, I’m a government geek

April 25, 2018

I’m not sure what it says about me that throughout my time in the Texas Senate, I coveted a spot on the Texas Sunset Commission. It looked like a lot of fun — in a wonky, good-government sense. So ...