Tepper: In Texas, football is a special touchstone

I don’t keep much on my desk.

That’s not to say my desk is clean, mind you — I’m a believer in the “piles mean I'm organized!” model — but simply that I don’t clutter my work area with an overwhelming number of personal effects. A picture of my wife, a picture of my son, a candy dish full of baseball cards (more fun than Werther’s!), and that’s really about it.