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Commentary History is not clean. We like its lines well defined and its stories in 20-second soundbites, but ...

Chester Rosson is a writer for Texas Monthly.

Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday contributed $15 million towards a Spurs-managed human performance campus to be constructed near I-10 and Loop 1604 in the La Cantera area.

The new book Forget the Alamo is causing a stir in Texas. Lavished with friendly coverage in media nationwide and in particular at the San Antonio Express-News, the book makes sensational claims and also covers ground that’s been known to historians and Alamo scholars for decades as if it’s a grand new revelation. It wasn’t written by historians or peer-reviewed before publication. But that hasn’t mattered to its public relations and marketing. The San Antonio Express-News uses the book’s claims to bash the Alamo and its defenders nearly every day. This prompted me to ask whether...

The Bullock Texas History Museum. Image from the museum's website. The Bullock Texas State History Museum is supposedly one of the guardians of Texas history and culture. Its mission is right there in the name. The museum is operated by the Texas State Preservation Board and boasts exhibits across the breadth and scale of Texas and its history, from pre-history through the Spanish and French periods, the Texas Revolution, the Civil War, and even the space program. Houston, the state’s largest city, was the first word a human ever spoke on the Moon, after all. “Houston, Tranquility Base h...