I have run across more evidence of long-simmering Texas-New Mexico tensions, once again involving Billy the Kid — and this time Roy Rogers, too. After a photo of Billy allegedly playing croquet emerged in 2015 — or a photo of someone wearing a cockeyed hat like The Kid — the Fort Worth-Star Telegram sniffed in …

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I choose to ride with Walt Longmire instead of John Wayne because Longmire said, “You never know if you’re right.” Wayne as Capt. Nathan Brittles said, “Never apologize, mister: It’s a sign of weakness.” Longmire delivered his line in a well-written discussion of moral issues in “Miss Cheyenne,” Season 3, Episode 3. It was Walt’s …

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