Past Contributions

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Aug. 18, 2012

  Aaronson and Ramshaw map West Nile incidence by county, Aguilar on early applicants for deferred action, Batheja on emerging plans for a bullet train, Grissom on the latest in the Larry Swearingen case, Hamilton on the College Station shooting, Murphy maps the stunningly noncompetitive general election, Ramsey on why property taxes are politically dangerous to mess with, Root on alleged improprieties by a Capitol staffer, M. Smith on public ed personnel cuts and Tan on questions about the state-run Women's Health Program: The best of our best content from Aug. 13-17, 2012. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Boone Pickens

  By Evan Smith Aug. 16, 2012

  At last Friday's quarterly meeting of the Texas Lyceum, I interviewed the energy magnate about his exit from the water business, the status of the Pickens Plan and Obama vs. Romney. Full Story 

• Video: KBH on "The Daily Rundown"

  By Evan Smith Aug. 14, 2012

  As part of his series on retiring members of the U.S. Senate, MSNBC's Chuck Todd interviewed outgoing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, on this morning's edition of The Daily Rundown. Full Story 

• Video: Ted Cruz on "Fox News Sunday"

  By Evan Smith Aug. 5, 2012

  The surprise winner of Tuesday's U.S. Senate runoff, Ted Cruz, was a guest on this morning's edition of Fox News Sunday. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Aug. 4, 2012

  Our runoff night scoreboard and liveblog and our updated election brackets, Murphy maps county-by-county U.S. Senate results, Batheja on Ted Cruz's historic victory, Rasmey on David Dewhurst's uncomfortable homecoming, Aguilar on speculation about Julián Castro's future, Aaronson interactively examines the Medicaid dental program, Galbraith talks climate change with Al Armendariz, Hamilton on Texas A&M's new research fund, Ramshaw on the state's incoming commissioner of health and M. Smith on anti-abortion summer camp: The best of our best content from July 30 to Aug. 3, 2012. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Our Six-Month Stats

  By Evan Smith July 2, 2012

  I'm pleased to report that the Trib's first-half-of-the-year traffic and fundraising numbers are significantly ahead of where they were in 2011. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith June 30, 2012

  Aaronson on the crackdown on barratry, Batheja on the scant differences between Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst, Grissom on a newsmaking trial's new venue, Hamilton on the UVA-UT parallels, Ramsey on corporate political giving and disclosure, Ramshaw and Luthra on what constitutional health reform means for Texas, my interview with three presidential campaign strategists, M. Smith on San Antonio's plan for full-day pre-K and Part 5 of Tan's series on family planning: The best of our best from June 25-28, 2012. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Dowd, McKinnon and Weaver

  By Evan Smith June 29, 2012

  Full video of my June 28 TribLive conversation with political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver. Full Story 

• TribLive: The Undecideds Speak

  By Evan Smith June 28, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver explain why they haven't made up their minds in the 2012 race. Full Story 

• TribLive: The State of the 2012 Race

  By Evan Smith June 28, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver assessed the state of the 2012 presidential race. Full Story