Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

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Texas supports a show glorifying cheaters?

April 15, 2013

You never know what you’ll hear on the Texas House floor. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise when a legislator said government props up a show glorifying cheating spouses.

Further checking Ted Cruz on Medicaid expansion

April 11, 2013

PolitiFact in Washington took a longer look at a Ted Cruz claim about Medicaid expansion--and stuck with its original False rating.

Perry quotes Obama saying Medicaid ‘broken’

April 10, 2013

Rick Perry says Barack Obama called Medicaid "broken." That’s Mostly True.

Leffingwell says NRA members support background checks of all gun purchasers

April 9, 2013

Austin’s hizzoner gets the polls right on Americans, including NRA members, widely supporting background checks before all gun purchases.

Checking Texas shelters that euthanize dogs and cats with carbon monoxide

April 3, 2013

Kirk Watson said 29 Texas animal shelters use carbon monoxide to euthanize dogs and cats. That seems about right, though we also spoke with an official who said a rifle is locally preferred.

Perry, Cornyn, Cruz and Medicaid doctors in Texas

April 2, 2013

Perry, Cornyn and Cruz stood behind a claim that only 30 percent of Texas physicians accept new Medicaid patients. Survey says otherwise.

Ted Cruz claim about Democrats and Catholic church unsupported

March 28, 2013

Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.

So said Ted Cruz. Pants!

Running the numbers on Latino voting in Texas

March 22, 2013

We checked a nationally cablecasted claim about Latino voting in Texas.

Encouraged by readers, we’re checking just the facts in Texas

March 18, 2013

We welcomed a long-look chance to describe our mission in the Austin American-Statesman.

UPDATED: John Cornyn’s rancher tweet among many claims about border conditions

March 6, 2013

John Cornyn’s disputed claim about hundreds of people nightly crossing a Texas ranch hasn't been confirmed. Other border claims have.

Mailbag: “Thanks again for showing your true colors”

February 26, 2013

We’re showing our colors, readers say, which is bad.

David Dewhurst’s Phoenix kidnapping claim reborn

February 22, 2013

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst of Texas may have been the first political leader to say Phoenix is a world kidnapping capital.

Will NRA leader Wayne LaPierre be the last to loft this unsupported claim?
 

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