Texas Standard for October 14, 2016
A blessing for Balmorhea? Not exactly. But it is an unlikely partnership and a potential model for fracking in Texas. We’ll explore. Also: It’s hard enough to say who and who isn’t a real Texan, but what makes an American? We’ll explore an underlying question in our election season of discontent. And: Honor flights for American heroes. But why so few women warriors on board? That’s changing with a takeoff from Texas. Plus: Remember San Angeles the fictional megalopolis from film? According to a demographer’s writing for Forbes: fasten your seat belts, Texas as America’s next megalopolis is in the making as we speak. All that and then some today on the Texas Standard: