Sleepless over Shanahan?

Simms sleepless after horrid opener: Former Longhorn takes heat for poor play in Bucs’ loss (Rick Stroud, St. Petersburg Times)

Sleep did not come easily to Chris Simms.

After his stunningly poor performance in a 27-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback kept punching his pillow.

Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms is taken down by Baltimore’s Ray Lewis during the Bucs’ opening-game shutout Sunday. Simms threw three interceptions, and his team didn’t score a

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Ann Richards, RIP

We lost a great lady and Texan yesterday.

While I disagreed with much of her political agenda, Ann Richards was one of those larger-than-life Texas figures who commanded respect. There was never any whining about “glass ceilings” from Ann Richards — like a good Texan, she just decided to overcome barriers that frustrate others. And ascend she did.

There are various accounts of her life from the state’s major newspapers today:

Dallas Morning News

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Remember

Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People (President George W. Bush, 9/20/2001)

It is my hope that in the months and years ahead, life will return almost to normal. We’ll go back to our lives and routines, and that is good. Even grief recedes with time and grace. But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day, and to whom it happened. We’ll remember the moment the news

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