Grits for Breakfast

If you'll excuse an off-topic indulgence, long-time readers may recall that my niece Maggie Lee Henson died along with another boy near...

Thanks to readers who had kind things to say, in the comments and via email, about my father's recent award . My brother has written abo...

With public support weakening, police today will roust Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters in multiple cities , most notably at the epicen...

I have an off-topic food-related question I'm going to throw out to readers just on the off chance somebody has special insight, even th...

BTW, I'm doing some public policy research for the Save Our Springs Alliance and have begun a little related blogging over at their Sav...

Today would have been Maggie Lee Henson's 13th birthday, and I still can hardly believe she won't see any more. At left, see a pictu...

Somebody could launch a kickass blog devoted entirely to covering Texas-related bribery cases and it'd be a long time before you ran out...

This is off topic, but call it a point of personal privilege. I'm about to head out to a benefit for a dear friend, mentor and long-time...

While this isn't a criminal justice story, I can't help but indulge in an off-topic post to express disapprobation at the Attorney G...

If readers will forgive an off-topic point of personal privilege, congratulations to my father, Tom Henson, for his recent selection as pres...

If readers will forgive a humorous but important off-topic post here entering the holiday season, I wanted to share with y'all a really ...

A month after the Texas Youth Commission abruptly ended a contract with a private youth prison in Bronte, Coke County that eliminated fundi...