Last week I mentioned here that an article of mine contrasting the Californian and Texan approaches to public finances has been published in the current edition of City Journal.  Prof. Kenneth Anderson of American University's law school brought the piece to the attention of Volokh Conspiracy readers, then invited me to reply to some of the discussants' remarks about the article and insinuations that my mother and father were acquainted only briefly.  He posted that response earlier today.