Ray Wylie Hubbard is a Texas troubadour, who I guess is an acquired taste. In the 1970s he wrote “Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother.” Later he wrote “Snake Farm” and co-wrote “Drunken Poet’s Dream.” He is worth the price of admission if you ever get the chance to go to a live show. A line from one of his more recent songs is “and the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, well, I have really good days.”

This is good advice for the Democratic voters who elected majorities to both houses of the General Assembly in 2019.

With a majority in both houses, we have incredible opportunities to do good things. I expect us to fulfill reasonable expectations. [Read more…]