GULF COAST ADVENTURE 

Two weeks ago, I wrote in “Do I Live in America?” that California was a legitimate part of the United States. Last weekend, Carolyn and I saw that Texas and Florida are just as real—if uniquely so. Thursday, we flew to Houston to see Carolyn’s distant cousin, Dr. Robert Power. Bush Intercontinental Airport is as…

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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SOLUTION

In April 1970, the Apollo 13 moon flight’s Jack Swigert reported, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” (The movie modified this to “Houston, we have a problem.”) Hurricane Harvey brought a more massive problem to Houston. In its suffering, Houston and other Texas Coast cities have displayed the solution to this nation’s bitter political and…

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