Billy Porterfield

Austin American-Statesman Columnist

Charts

If Gunkel's Political Advice Had Been Accepted, Would You Be a Republican Today?

Oct 5, 2026

•

4 min read

If Gunkel's Political Advice Had Been Accepted, Would You Be a Republican Today?

A fascinating Gunkel chart suggests a much different trajectory for the Republican Party into the 1990s.

Andrew McIntosh

The Ideonomy Project

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

Jul 13, 2026

•

6 min read

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

Austin American-Statesman columnist Billy Porterfield chronicled Gunkel's Austin adventures in a series of wild newspaper columns between 1989 and 1992

Andrew McIntosh

Billy Porterfield

If Gunkel's Political Advice Had Been Accepted, Would You Be a Republican Today?

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

IDEA CHEMISTRY