Feb. 13, 2010, is a red-letter day for this humble column. That was the Texas Tavernâs 80th birthday. And in a column promoting that, I disparaged the dinerâs food. The reader reaction was astonishing.
Half praised me to telling an uncomfortable truth they felt reluctant to utter. The other half lobbed accusations like âscurrilous liar,â and acted as if Iâd hand-butchered a live cow in the middle of Church Avenue.
I never thought that column would get a run for its money in terms of reader feedback. But one recent column about QAnon and militia nuttiness in Bedford County, and a second about procuring marijuana seeds, are getting close.