Quotes of the Week

It is extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege. One which the perpetrator did not provide their victim.

Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, in a letter to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on last-meal rites for death row inmates, which the department then abolished

That is how those schemes work.

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on whether he agreed with Gov. Rick Perry's characterization of Social Security as a Ponzi scheme

Michele Bachmann got it right. Gov. Perry’s executive order was driven on money, not driven on good policy.

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina on Perry's 2007 HPV mandate

See, there are a ton of important races in 2012 that we’re concerned about, but Aaron Peña’s odds of re-election are about the same as his odds of becoming the starting point guard for the San Antonio Spurs.

Texas Democratic Party Deputy Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez in an op-ed piece in the News Taco

If anyone is man enough to take them, bring it on.

Texas A&M System Deputy Chancellor Jay Kimbrough, showing off a knife and refusing to give up his keys and pass card when he was fired this week, according to another official's statement in a police report.