Beto O’Rourke recently sat down with Jeremy Wallace on Texas Take, the political podcast from the Houston Chronicle, for a wide-ranging conversation about the 2026 midterm elections, executive power, and the future of American democracy. The full interview runs close to an hour. What follows is a single uninterrupted excerpt in which O’Rourke lays out what he believes…
Thankfully, at some point I stopped giving a shit. In a good way. I don’t mean I stopped caring about music. I stopped caring about things that don’t matter. Or at least things I can’t control. For instance, I don’t have control over how someone judges a song I write. If I can entertain myself…
In the beginning was fear—the fear that everything that has a body experiences once it realizes we live in a predatory universe; a universe in which absolutely everything gets to be eaten… if not by the sharp fangs of a predator, then by time itself. And Fear became our God. And it began to rule over our lives, shrink our willingness to dare, and rob us of the beauty of it all.
I am writing, therefore, in behalf of the country I love and of my comrades still in harm’s way struggling for survival on some far-off battlefield or at home suffering the aftermath of war.
I think – I fervently hope – that these tactics and the whole strategy of fear-mongering will fail over time. Our history argues that, in America, the pendulum almost invariably swings back to common sense and tolerance after the fever breaks.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes…
Sometimes I wonder how an alien race would feel about people if they came down here and the first shit they saw was this crazy lady telling a cheering crowd of supporters that God says she doesn’t have to marry gay people…
by CJ Morgan Sticks and stones may break your bones, but at least they will heal. Words however, can hurt in a way that most people never recover from. As a radioman and pubic figure, I’m fairly certain how my demise will play out: some combination of symbols will inspire a bloody wretch to go…
Over the past year, I’ve given a speech around the country called, “The Ultimate Question.” At the close of that speech, I read a letter to the audience…a letter of encouragement. So many people have responded to it that I’ve posted it below. Enjoy it. Forward it. Change or customize it for those in your…
Most motivational speeches tell you that if you try hard enough, if you stay true to your dreams, if you fight the good fight, if you are passionate enough, if you have enough willpower to withstand rejections and difficulties, eventually things will work out for the best and all your hard work will finally pay…
A philosophical essay by our friend Adam Hinds regarding the nature of religion.
Today is the American federal holiday known as President’s Day. While the only real way in which most of us will be affected is that our garbage cans won’t be picked up and will have to sit overnight again, this holiday brought a landmark event for many of us who have taken on the personal…
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