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How I met Dr. Seuss
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
This is an opinion column.
Last week in my ‘If I Ran the Cancel Culture Zoo’ post, I teased: “I met Dr. Seuss, he drew me a toon. I’ll tell you all about it one day real soon.” That day is here. This is my Dr. Seuss story.
Close your eyes and imagine you are five years old. It’s almost Christmas and you’ve just been given the news: You won a trip to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus!
Now you know how I felt when I met Dr. Seuss.
Chadwick Hughes wasn’t shy about his beliefs. On Facebook, he blamed Black people for the majority of violent crimes committed in the country, according to NBC 5. He mocked others for their “white shame,” and he posted a video of a robbery along with the comment, “Dare I say it? Black at it again.”
Up until early February, Hughes was a patrolman in the Fort Worth Police Department, a three-year member of the force who had posted a spate of photos of himself in uniform on his Facebook page. But the department canned Hughes last month, citing his behavior on social media.
Meet the Dallas Morning News editorial board
Get to know the writers and editors that make up the Dallas Morning News editorial board.
Reunion Tower and downtown Dallas, including the Bank of America Tower (center right) and Fountain Place (second from left).
(File Photo / Ashley Landis)
Brendan Miniter is vice president and the editor of editorials at
The Dallas Morning News. He is responsible for overseeing the opinion section of the paper, including op-eds, letters to the editor and editorials, which serve as the voice of
The Dallas Morning News.
Before joining
The News, Miniter worked directly with former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush on the creation of the George W. Bush Presidential Museum, at the Bush Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Miniter led the team that created exhibits for the 14,000-square-foot museum, including 35 films and interactive exhibits, physical exhibits and audio tours.
In the late 1970s, Houston was booming, being country was cool and nobody was as country as the Oilers.
Coached by a man named Bum and powered by a running back named Earl, both every bit a one-name Texas icon like Willie or Waylon, the NFL team and the city were simpatico.
Bum Phillips grew up working cattle in Orange, Texas, about 120 miles from Houston, before he became a successful high school and college coach, while wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson hat on the sideline (just not in the Astrodome, because his mama taught him never to wear a hat indoors). Earl Campbell grew up in the rose fields of East Texas and had already become a legend as a high school senior in Tyler before winning a Heisman Trophy at the University of Texas. The two had an instant connection. They already had a mutual friend: Willie Nelson.