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The pair earned Texas Monthlys 2022 Bum Steer Award.

It's that time when Texas Monthly trots out its Bum Steer Awards, an annual recognition of the dumbest, douchiest and most dastardly characters dragging the...

The pair earned Texas Monthlys 2022 Bum Steer Award.

Six years after he became governor, we still don’t know what Greg Abbott wants to accomplish—except, as this year made clear, to hold on to office, no matter how many Texans get hurt. Six years after he became governor, we still don’t know what Greg Abbott wants to accomplish—except, as this year made clear, to hold on to office, no matter how many Texans get hurt.

Houston housing director Tom McCasland bravely spoke out against suspicious city hall deals—and paid the price. Houston housing director Tom McCasland bravely spoke out against suspicious city hall deals—and paid the price.

An A-to-Z list of 25 Lone Star State residents who disgraced themselves last January 6. An A-to-Z list of 25 Lone Star State residents who disgraced themselves last January 6.

Ted Cruz had a very, very, very bad year. Maybe he’ll blame it on his daughters. Ted Cruz had a very, very, very bad year. Maybe he’ll blame it on his daughters.

A year ago, in this very space, we referred to 2020 as “perhaps the craziest, stupidest, Bum Steeriest year in Texas Monthly’s history.” The unspoken Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, and the woman who fed Flamin' Hot Cheetos to spider monkeys: A look back at the worst Texans of the past twelve months.

Courtesy photo My favorite issue each year of Texas Monthly arrived in the mail this week and I saw something on the cover that made me wince in disappointment. TM named the Texas Democratic Party as its Bum Steer of the Year in its annual Bum Steer edition that comes out at the end of every calendar year. The magazine has hit many home runs with its Bum Steer "honor," and it also has whiffed. I fear that the magazines publishing deadline created a missed opportunity. Yes, the Democratic Part...

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