Curated playlist
Texas Republicans
- George H. W. BushAfter being shot down in 1944, George H. W. Bush asked why he alone had been spared. Both of his crewmates died.
- George W. BushGeorge W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, was standing at a press conference in Baghdad on the 14th of December 2008 when an Iraqi journalist named Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at him. Bush ducked, and neither…
- Ron PaulRon Paul delivered the Tejano singer Selena as a baby. He was a Texas obstetrician before he ran for president.
- Rand PaulRand Paul began speaking on the floor of the United States Senate on the 6th of March 2013, and he did not stop for 12 hours and 52 minutes. The occasion was the nomination of John O. Brennan to run the Central Intelligence Agency. Paul…
- Alex JonesJuries ordered Alex Jones to pay more than a billion dollars in damages for lies about grieving parents.
- Dick CheneyDick Cheney, born Richard Bruce Cheney, held the full powers of the American presidency on the morning of the 29th of June 2002. From 7:09 a.m. to 9:24 a.m., he served as acting president under the 25th Amendment while George W. Bush…
- Jessica SimpsonJessica Simpson, the American singer, actress and fashion designer, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Yet the question she chose to put in her 2020 memoir, Open Book, had nothing to do with sales. Looking back on her years in…
- Scott CawthonScott Cawthon, an American game developer, once made computer games that brought in about $40 or $50 each month. That figure comes from a profile by Calum Marsh in The New York Times. Cawthon later created Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror…
- Kenneth LayKenneth Lay, the founder of Enron, was pronounced dead at 3:11 in the morning at Aspen Valley Hospital in Colorado. Officers from the Pitkin County Sheriff's Department had been called to his house in Snowmass at 1:41 that same morning. It…
- James BakerJames Baker's father forbade him from ever entering politics. He became a chief of staff and secretary of state anyway.
- Philip SheridanUnion general Philip Sheridan rose from captain to major general in six months.