Dave Mundy Archives
A sampling of columns written by Dave Mundy,
the award-winning investigative journalist and Managing Editor of The Katy
(TX) Times newspaper -- and the primary voice of The William Wallace Society
of Texas.
About Dave Mundy
Dances with Chihuahuas
Jan. 3, 1996: Material things can't replace attention
May 15, 1996: Dogged by an outrageous light bill
June 24, 1996: Time machine gives vision of a
scary future
July 21, 1996: Chihuahuas have no fear of Satan
Jan. 22, 1997: Disasters always run in bunches
Sept. 10, 1997: Women, chihuahuas send different
signals
June 17, 1998: Can you give Ritalin to a chihuahua?
August 12, 1998: It's a chihuahua, not a racial
epithet!
Education, Politics and conservatism
June 26, 1996: Hillary's getting into the 'spirit'
of things
July 31, 1996: Nice to know it's not my fault
Sept. 26, 1996: New Utopians have abandoned subtlety
Sept. 28, 1996: Visit to 'doctor' helps alleviate
heavy stress
Oct. 16, 1996: Creative spelling and math? Aw,
cool!
Nov. 20, 1996: Commonly-used terms for the 21st
Century
Dec. 3, 1996: The Marine Corps is NOT a social
experiment
Jan. 15, 1997: 'NewSpeak' is easily confusing
Jan. 21, 1997: Not in MY country you don't, bubba!
Feb. 5, 1997: 'Good deal' has a few drawbacks
Feb. 12, 1997: The 'Conspiracy' theory, in plain
English
March 5, 1997: A scary scenario for our Brave
New World
March 26, 1997: Lincoln foresaw the betrayal
of the Republic
April 4, 1997: How'd they copy our idea before
we THOUGHT of it?
May 28, 1997: Central question: does school have
to be FUN?
June 2, 1997: Parents shouldn't worry about curriculum?!?!
June 11, 1997: California tale shows the fallacy
of Whole Language
June 18, 1997: Disinformation machine up, running
June 22, 1997: Liberal sees fallacy of 'dumb-dumb'
math
July 9, 1997: Texas becomes an OBE state
August 20, 1997: They're lunatics, but they're
ACCURATE lunatics
August 27, 1997: Parents afraid to rock the boat
Sept. 17, 1997: Ludicrous Left just as 'exremist'
as the Radical Right
Sept. 24, 1997: Labor unions finally seeing the
light
Oct. 8, 1997: Parental involvement conference
forgets to invite parents
Oct. 15, 1997: Bouts of Political Incorrectness
can be disconcerting
Oct. 22, 1997: Maybe it's time to separate business
and state, too
Nov. 12, 1997: Building a great unwashed mass
of 'stupid'
Nov. 26, 1997: Who's doing the political indictrination?
Our schools
Jan. 14, 1998: Sliding toward totalitarianism
"to protect the children"
Jan. 21, 1998: Mystic vibrations, gun control
and boxer shorts
Jan. 28, 1998: Consensus: a show of hands, without
a show of hands
Feb. 4, 1998: Another member of the 'vast right-wing
conspiracy'
Feb. 18, 1998: Where's a brave heart when we really
need it?
March 18, 1998: Don't take my word for it: look
for yourself
April 1, 1998: If you want a say, you have to
participate
April 8, 1998: Parental inclusion: someone on
the Left gets it Right
April 22, 1998: Media laziness, and why it's 'wrong'
to be 'right'
April 29, 1998: That's NOT entirely accurate
May 20, 1998: Why preaching to atheists doesn't
work
June 21, 1998: Hey, it's nothing personal
July 12, 1998: They listen, they just don't act
like it
July 22, 1998: Revolutionaries, then and now
July 29, 1998: You've got to take a stand
August 5, 1998: A bird-brained "vision"
Aug. 16, 1998: Taking the lead in being P.C.
August 19, 1998: Michael New was right, after
all
Katy, Texas, and environs
Football Season: Life's always hard for football's
scrubs
Nov. 26, 1996: Time for the annual glut of "Save-the-Turkey"
mail
Jan. 8, 1997: Nothing nice about ice, snow
Oct. 1, 1997: Suburbanite motto: 'Not in MY backyard!'
Dec. 17, 1997: Casting aside the professional
demeanor
Feb. 25, 1998: There are a lot of things in life
more important than your kids' sports
May 2, 1998: We have a new school, now for a
new mascot
May 13, 1998: Omigosh! I've become a suburbanite!
June 10, 1998: Doing a 180 on protecting the rain
forest
July 5, 1998: Even bubbas can enjoy 'Phantom
of the Opera'
July 8, 1998: Buying up surfboard shops
Men, Women and Other Species
May 1, 1996: Lamenting those "duh!" decisions of
life
May 21, 1997: Smiles can be downright unnerving
sometimes
June, 1997: I'm gonna try to worm my way outta
this
July 16, 1997: Make a big impression: eat out
more often
August 6, 1997: Fishing with "the boys"
Oct. 29, 1997: Halloween not as scary as shopping
trips
Nov. 19, 1997: Time can tear your heart out: cherish
your friends
Dec. 31, 1997: The renewal of my Christmas spirit
Feb. 11, 1998: Getting married, using Form 1040EZ
April 15, 1998: Time to quit listening to my inner
child
May 27, 1998: All in stitches over home improvements
August 9, 1998: Impatient about my impatience
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