The Free Speech Elephant in Alex Jones’s Courtroom

The first week of Jones's trial wraps today Jul 29, 2022 Politics & Policy [The Free Speech Elephant in Alex Jones’s Courtroom]( The trial this week in Austin to determine what Infowars owes in damages for defaming Sandy Hook parents could have had huge free-speech implications. Because of Jones’s choices, it won’t. [READ STORY]( LIMITED-TIME OFFER   [Enjoying What You've Read So Far?]( There's so much more where that came from. [Subscribe now]( get both the print and digital editions for only $25! [SUBSCRIBE]( LIMITED-TIME OFFER   [Enjoying What You've Read So Far?]( There's so much more where that came from. [Subscribe now]( get both the print and digital editions for only $25! [SUBSCRIBE](   MORE OF THE LATEST Business [This Immigrant Entrepreneur Got His Start Hawking Jewelry in Houston Flea Markets. Now He’s Taking on Amazon.]( The founder of one of the hottest tech startups in Texas, Omair Tariq of Cart.com, launched his career by hawking jewelry in the city’s international flea markets. [READ STORY]( Politics & Policy [Cruz Watch: Ted Becomes a Strange Bedfellow of Those Pushing to Overturn Texas’s Sodomy Law]( In the wake of the Dobbs opinion, Ted Cruz said he supports repealing a 1974 Texas law criminalizing gay sex. [READ STORY]( Travel & Outdoors [It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Hundreds of Dedicated Aviation Geeks Who Traveled to Dallas to Watch a Flight Land]( “Plane spotters” gather in and around airports to marvel at (and photograph) their favorite flights—and Texan spotters just got to witness the descent of the largest passenger plane in the world. [READ STORY]( BBQ Joint Reviews [After Nearly Closing, This El Paso Barbecue Joint Opens Two Restaurants in One Week]( At one location, you'll find Desert Oak Barbecue's classic menu. At the other, it's breakfast, coffee, burritos, and burgers using trimmings. [READ STORY]( Texas Country Reporter [The Tiniest Bank in Texas Didn’t Deal in Change]( For decades, Roddy Wiley ran the only bank in the small town of Oakwood, which happily resisted modern technology well into the twenty-first century. [READ STORY](   ONE MORE THING Sports [The Night That Grasshoppers Killed Texas League Baseball]( Fifty years ago, a minor league game in Midland was postponed for the rarest of reasons—a swarm of grasshoppers biblical in its proportions. [READ STORY](   SPONSORED [Sustainability Without Action Is Just a Word]( BKV is not only owning but addressing its environmental impact by taking steps towards the production of net-zero natural gas. [Get Details](   TRENDING ONLINE - [Welcome to Alphaland, the Disney World for Bodybuilders]( - [Three Generations Have Kept Underwood’s Cafeteria Serving Barbecue for 76 Years]( - [East Texas’s Most Exciting New Store Is Hidden in a Small-town Mansion]( - [Welcome to Party Island on Lady Bird Lake]( - [Kim Ogg Wants a Democratic Socialist Judge Thrown Off the Bench]( [Subscribe to Texas Monthly!]( [Join Our Community of Proud Texans](   Get the best of Texas, by Texans, for everyone. Save up to 76% on a Texas Monthly subscription when you order today. [SUBSCRIBE]( [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( You are receiving this message because you signed up for our newsletters. Want more? Check out [our other newsletters](.   P.O. Box 1569, Austin, TX 78767 [View Online]( [Unsubscribe](