Ben Rowen
@ben_c_rowen
Senior editor @texasmonthly. Big fan of misusing the word "lugubrious." | Email: browen@texasmonthly dot com
I spent the last few days trying to make sense of the failures that may have contributed to the TX flood disaster. This isn't comprehensive but it's an attempt at offering a panoramic view of what went wrong in the hopes of grasping toward "never again." texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
“There’s no couth, I guess. That’s probably an old Texan word, but I just wish people had a little more couth right now.” Wrote about the content creators posting from the flood zone for @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Two years ago, a lawyer in Texas AG Ken Paxton's trafficking unit cut a deal for a man accused of forcing two girls into sex work. The accused got no prison time and didn't have to register as a sex offender. Now, the deal is falling apart. Read why. The latest from…
Bill Maher tells a visibly unimpressed Billy Joel about his attempt to write what would likely be the worst song ever made.
The Texas Legislature reconvenes today after an undeserved rest. It's gonna be explosive: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
No more AL Central pitchers in All Star games or getting Cy Youngs. Their stats are all bogus from getting to face the Guardians, White Sox, and Royals so much
I legit cannot think of a worse TV performance this year than Arquette on Severance
#EMMY nominations — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Patricia Arquette, Severance Carrie Coon, The White Lotus Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt Julianne Nicholson, Paradise Parker Posey, The White Lotus Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
NEW: As part of my effort to track @ElonMusk's influence in the Texas Capitol, I asked for all of his emails with Gov. Greg Abbott for the last several months. Abbott's office rejected my request, saying some of the records are too "intimate and embarrassing" to release. #txlege
If you were confused by Angela Paxton's announcement about filing for divorce from Ken on "biblical grounds," read @Sandi: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Aaron Parsley's story about the flood and his family's tragedy and courage is astonishing. Please read it: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Dondi Voigt Persyn was shocked by what she found in the flood zone. So she launched a Facebook group dedicated to saving personal effects and finding their owners. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Many Texans can't remember a Hill Country summer without Crider's. I'm so grateful to the Moores for taking the time to speak with @TexasMonthly while they were grieving, and I hope to see you all back there when they open their doors again ❤️texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Clear, fair minded answers from @Forrest4Trees Downed Weather Balloons and Missing Gauges: What Went Wrong With the Central Texas Floods texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
For @TexasMonthly I wrote about my seven wonderful summers at Camp La Junta, in the Texas hill country, where teenage counselors performed extraordinary water rescues during last week's flood. texasmonthly.com/being-texan/ce…