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There were rallies today in Texas and around the country to protest Proposition 8, the ballot measure that passed last week in California banning gay marriage - not just banning it but overturning what was a ...

Today is Saturday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2008. There are 60 days left in the year.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS 11/01/08 DAMIAN DOVARGANES Actress Toni Collette is 36. Country singer Bill Anderson is 71.

Every Wednesday, Texas on the Potomac lets our readers know what has happened to one-time public figures from the Lone Star state.

Think Jews and country music and you'll probably come up with Kinky Friedman, the cigar-chomping frontman of the iconoclastic Texas Jewboys, who is also a humorist, mystery novelist and failed but flamboyant ...

Amazon.com Review Texas musician Friedman writes mysteries the way he sings -- lots of humming, head-scratching and general fooling around.

From left: Ratso, Brian Burns, Kinky Friedman, Bob Livingston, Little Jewford and Tommy Alverson hang out backstage at the Birchmere in Arlington, Va.

FRIDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Paul Begala : "John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls 'a checkup from the neck up.' In choosing Alaska Gov.

John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls "a checkup from the neck up." In choosing Alaska Gov.

WHILE HIS NAME may seem less dignified than that of your suit-and-tie politician, Kinky Friedman certainly takes his politics seriously - well, that, Texas and his cigars.

It's not easy to pigeonhole Kinky Friedman. The singer-songwriter/detective novelist/politico wears many hats, but is most comfortable covering his dome with a black bull-rider hat.

HOW DO I LOVE Kinky Friedman ? Let me count the ways. He's a full-blooded Jew with an entirely Texan persona.

Musician/writer Kinky Friedman has lived a fas cinating life, but there are some big holes in this doc.

"The only thing Jews and cowboys have in common is we both like to wear our hats indoors," says the rarely bareheaded Kinky Friedman, a novelist, magazine columnist, humorist, cigar maker, animal lover, Texas ...

Texas is not lacking for colorful characters - and author Mona Sizer has captured some of the most vivid in her new book, "Outrageous Texans," . Like these: -- Racehorse Haynes, the Houston defense lawyer.

Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:59 AM CDT Animal Rescue Ranch manager Tony Simons is surrounded by a pack of rescued dogs.

Kinky Friedman, shown here during his run to be governor of Texas , writes a column for Texas Monthly.

Kinky Friedman, shown here during his run to be governor of Texas , writes a column for Texas Monthly.

PREVIEW What: AN EVENING WITH KINKY FRIEDMAN: WHAT WOULD KINKY DO? When: 7 P.M. MONDAY Where: CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY, 1401 E. FLAMINGO ROAD Cost: FREE Kinky Friedman will appear at a reading and book signing ...

Entry from July 06, 2008 "How hard could it be?" "How hard could it be?" was Texas author/musician/humorist Kinky Friedman's 2006 campaign slogan in the race for Governor of Texas.