Author Archives: Bill Hobby
Events
There will be two events this week where Saralee and I will be talking about How Things Really Work. The first is Thursday, October 14th at the University of Houston. The Hobby Center for Public Policy and the Briscoe Center … Continue reading
Available
How Things Really Work is now available at Amazon.com and other online retailers. Click the buy the book link on this site to see all of your online options. Saralee and I appreciate The Baker Institute, the Rice University School … Continue reading
Launched
We officially launched our book last evening in Austin. Many friends joined us, and we enjoyed talking about the book and singing copies. Thanks to all who came and especially to our hosts, the LBJ Library and Museum and our … Continue reading
Advance Buzz
Newspapers, magazines, and websites have recently run write ups and reviews of How Things Really Work. So far, so good. Links to those articles are posted on the news page of this website. Last week we had a small gathering with … Continue reading
Set to Launch
We are a little more than two weeks away from the opening event in Austin for How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics. It will be a nice event at the LBJ Library and Museum. Saralee and … Continue reading
Texas’ Greatest Need
I hope that you have enjoyed seeing the information on this website and that you are looking forward to reading our book when it arrives in bookstores in October. We are planning book-related events starting next month. Please check back … Continue reading
Getting Started
Many may ask why a blog? My answer is short and shameless: I’m trying to sell a book, How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics. It will be available in October. Before beginning my life in politics, … Continue reading
CENSUS, APPORTIONMENT, REDISTRICTING
In just a few weeks, on April 1, we will all be counted by the twenty-third U. S. census. Then the fun starts. Congress will reapportion. Texas will gain three or four seats in Congress and electoral votes in the … Continue reading
TEXAS HAS BECOME A NATIONAL LAUGHINGSTOCK
Texas, once the Lone Star State, first became the Let’s Secede State (Rick Perry), and is now the Laughing Stock State (State Board of Education), Once a two-party state, Texas has become a tea-party state. What does it tell you … Continue reading
Robocalls—A Public Nuisance
Enough, already! During the last political season we have all been harassed in our homes by countless robocalls from rude people who want us to vote for them because they invaded our privacy. Let’s put a stop to it! We … Continue reading
