Where the word 'Maverick' comes from

Just so the far-right doesn't claim the word "maverick" for themselves...the root of it comes from a Texas politician from the 1800s: Samuel Maverick who refused to brand his cattle.

Interestingly enough...his great grandson, Maury Maverick took on the 1950s redbaiting/McCarthyism.

Read Roberto Botello's remembrance of this real "Maverick."
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/2959/