Most politicians, once their days in government service are over, go on
to less public but nonetheless luractive careers in the private sector.
They serve on corporate boards, become presidents of universities, or
enjoy a quiet retirement. Sure, they can't all be Jimmy Carter,
parlaying a lengthy political career into a rewarding life of
philanthropy and humanitarian work, but most can at least write a memoir
or two.And then there's Tom DeLay.Forced to resign after being indicted for
conspiracy
Aside from the city's namesake, no 19th-Century Houstonian was more famous than Dick Dowling, the Irish-born saloonkeeper/businessman and Confederate war hero. In fact, when city leaders commissioned Houston's very first public monument in 1905, it was Dowling and not Sam Houston who got the honors, not least because Dowling was loyal to the Confederacy and Houston was famously not.Dick Dowling was born in County Galway in 1838. Eight years later, his parents fled the Potato Famine and took l
