Jack Turek
Public Historian & Baseball Fan
recent posts
- Presidential Visits to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- Analyzing the Sentiments of Declarations of Independence
- 2024 Is Still As Dangerous as Ever in San Antonio for Pedestrians & Cyclists
- So Far, 2024 Has Been Worse for Pedestrians & Cyclists in San Antonio
- Mapping Educational Gag Orders
Hi, I’m Jack! Welcome to my site. I’m a public historian interested broadly in cities, labor struggles, and baseball history.
Category: Archives
An archive of older writing and analysis.
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Imagine you live in a place where you see people driving their cars, walking on sidewalks, and riding their bicycles. Seems fairly normal and common-place, right? Now imagine you turn on the local news at 7:00 PM and you make it through the nightly broadcast without hearing about some horrific traffic accident or another pedestrian/bicyclist…
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Election day is under a month away and the big race here in Texas is the governorship — perennial candidate (for something) Beto O’Rourke against the incumbent Greg Abbott. I haven’t always been a keen observer of politics but for the longest time it has always seemed like Texas has been on the verge of ‘going purple’.…
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It’s not something I normally do, but earlier today I had the opportunity to visit a San Antonio coffee shop with my wife. I’m on what I’m calling a “sabbatical” while I’m between jobs — essentially I’m taking August off, we’re going to travel and then after Labor Day I’ll start with my new company. But I…