" 'My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. It is reason and not passion which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.'

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX) speaking during the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings on President Richard Nixon, July 25, 1974.

Author Patrick Cox on the often untold story of Tom Sealy, a man at the center of many of the changes taking place during the twentieth century, at UT, in Texas, and the nation—from prosecuting Nazi war criminals, to integrating UT, to hiring Darrel K Royal.

Patrick Cox interview with DuAnne Redus on her show “On River Time” on Wimberley KWVH radio 94.1 about "Tom Sealy - A Man of Action, Fighting for Justice in War and Peace."

https://www.wimberleyvalleyradio.org/

My latest biography, Tom Sealy, A Man of Action, Fighting for Justice in War and Peace, will be released in electronic and print format by Amazon Press on May 31, 2018.

Guest Essay by Patrick Cox

Sam Rayburn of Texas – The Longest Serving Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Generations of families and friends have gathered at Schneider Hall for dancing, weddings, parties, speeches, and special occasions for nearly a century. Located three miles south of Columbus, Texas, on Highway 71, Schneider Hall has been a site for gatherings and festivities for young and old and those in between. Read the full article...

The San Antonio Conservation Society presented their 2017 Publication Award to Dr. Patrick Cox for the publication: Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry. Chuck Bailey and Dr. Patrick Cox coauthored the volume published by the University of Texas Press.

Cox: It's time for another Leon Jaworski

The late Houstonian's role in Watergate is a model for special counsel Mueller

as posted in the Houston Chronicle on May 20, 2017

The article, “Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.: An Influential Life and Career in Oral History” appearing in Sound Historian , Volume 18, has been awarded the 2017 Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr. Best Article Award.