Texas

There’s a big row in the Big State. From the Orange River to the Sierra Blanca Mountains you can hear the fighting words: “You’re a Conservative,” and, ‘‘You’re a Liberal I” And nobody’s smilin’.

These epithets are a little confusing at first to non-Texans. It’s all a matter of definition, however, and in these days of meaningless political labels, a paradox here and there can scarcely hurt.

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Sam M. Jones

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There’s a big row in the Big State. From the Orange River to the Sierra Blanca Mountains you can hear the fighting words: “You’re a Conservative,” and, ‘‘You’re a Liberal I” And nobody’s smilin’.

These epithets are a little confusing at first to non-Texans. It’s all a matter of definition, however, and in these days of meaningless political labels, a paradox here and there can scarcely hurt.