Daybreak from Texas: What Would Chesterton Make of the Lone Star State?
Daybreak is on the road! This morning we’re broadcasting from Irving, Texas, near Dallas, and turning the whole show over to the Lone Star State.
We travel from the Alamo to Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, ride along with Tales of the Texas Rangers, hear a little Texas music, and even encounter Jack Benny dreaming about a racehorse named Texas Sandman. Along the way, we bring the story into present-day Dallas and ask a rather irresistible question: What would G. K. Chesterton make of Texas?
Its enormous scale, fierce local pride, larger-than-life legends, love of independence and deep…
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