On Thursday's Houston Matters: NPR's John Burnett joins us to talk about his recent visit to the Port of Houston to learn about the global supply chain crisis.

Also this hour: Immigration, abortion, education, the environment – seems like, no matter what the topic, whatever controversy has reared its head, Texas is at the center of it. Does that get old after a while? Can’t some other state be the test case for, well, everything? We talk it over and take your comments.

And local author and teacher Jackie Anders talks about her books, which she describes “clean romance.”