Gary Keith
@garykeithatx.bsky.social
Longtime Austinite. Politics, Academia, Environment, Writing. Molly Ivins was our "Famous Texas Arthur," as she put it. I'm a "Not-So-Famous" Texas Arthur. But my AUSTIN BLUES: A NOVEL might change that! #WriteSky GaryKeithATX.com
Huh. So that dog does bark.
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Huh. So that dog does bark.
Is it too much to think that maybe SCOTUS will realize that Rucho was a big mistake?
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Is it too much to think that maybe SCOTUS will realize that Rucho was a big mistake?
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In the troubled former British colony of America, strong man leader Donald Trump has deployed heavily-armed troops to opposition-controlled cities and is threatening again to imprison opposition political leaders
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the troubled former British colony of America, strong man leader Donald Trump has deployed heavily-armed troops to opposition-controlled cities and is threatening again to imprison opposition political leaders
#WritingCommunity All writers have the next WIP. Stay tuned for my foĺlow-up to AUSTIN BLUES.
September 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
#WritingCommunity All writers have the next WIP. Stay tuned for my foĺlow-up to AUSTIN BLUES.
Perfect!
September 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Perfect!
"I've been right about everything..." said no sane, thinking person ever.
September 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"I've been right about everything..." said no sane, thinking person ever.
Slip, slippin' away...
September 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Slip, slippin' away...
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The "Horst Wessel effect" refers to a powerful propaganda technique used by the Nazis, led by Joseph Goebbels, to transform the unremarkable death of a party activist into a political myth. This strategy created a martyr figure to unify the movement and generate popular support.
September 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The "Horst Wessel effect" refers to a powerful propaganda technique used by the Nazis, led by Joseph Goebbels, to transform the unremarkable death of a party activist into a political myth. This strategy created a martyr figure to unify the movement and generate popular support.
September 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
Come on, Longhorns. Not looking good.
September 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Come on, Longhorns. Not looking good.
Congress? Why do we need a Congress? Why to empower the king, of course. Good boy! Now go erase all those silly laws that try to limit the king.
September 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Congress? Why do we need a Congress? Why to empower the king, of course. Good boy! Now go erase all those silly laws that try to limit the king.
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People from across the political spectrum need to join together to condemn political violence, no matter who the target it is. It’s never acceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
People from across the political spectrum need to join together to condemn political violence, no matter who the target it is. It’s never acceptable.
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Footnote 9...will now rival the famous Footnote 4.
September 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Footnote 9...will now rival the famous Footnote 4.
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Austin Blues is now in the gift shop at the Austin Public Library, Sept 1-Oct 31.
Austin Blues is now in the gift shop at the Austin Public Library, Sept 1-Oct 31.
August 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Austin Blues is now in the gift shop at the Austin Public Library, Sept 1-Oct 31.
Austin Blues is now in the gift shop at the Austin Public Library, Sept 1-Oct 31.
Austin Blues is now available in the gift shop of the Austin Public Library downtown--local authors' table.
August 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Austin Blues is now available in the gift shop of the Austin Public Library downtown--local authors' table.
RIP Dave McNeely. He was reporting on Texas politics when I got to Austin in 1976.
August 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
RIP Dave McNeely. He was reporting on Texas politics when I got to Austin in 1976.
If I say the words "this map is purely for political gains," then it gets court blessing, and the racial disenfranchisement also then gets blessed by default.
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If I say the words "this map is purely for political gains," then it gets court blessing, and the racial disenfranchisement also then gets blessed by default.
RIP Jules Witcover
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
RIP Jules Witcover
Higher education: just another "industry" to run.
August 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Higher education: just another "industry" to run.
The South is sending troops to our nation's capitol.
August 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The South is sending troops to our nation's capitol.
Break that quorum!
August 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Break that quorum!
Look at all the incredible names of writers on the Texas Observer masthead! This is taken from the recent issue with a great obituary for Ronnie Dugger. Earlier mastheads also included Bob Eckhardt, and the Mission Statement was written by Dugger, greenlighted by Eckhardt, 1954.
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July 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Look at all the incredible names of writers on the Texas Observer masthead! This is taken from the recent issue with a great obituary for Ronnie Dugger. Earlier mastheads also included Bob Eckhardt, and the Mission Statement was written by Dugger, greenlighted by Eckhardt, 1954.
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