Cowboy up on a fix for the shootings

When Americans face a rough situation, the best homegrown advice from our compatriots is simple: “Cowboy up.”
Get real. Get tough. Get on that quarter horse and ride.
A week ago Saturday, when the news of the El Paso buzzed into the phone in my pocket, I was standing in the front yard of my late great-grandmother’s cabin in the Texas countryside, visiting with cousins.
I’ve happily been down to that cabin, now owned by a cousin, each of my 63 summers. Grandmother Exie&rsq