EditorialA tuber wears a straw cowboy hat while preparing to float down the Guadalupe River in Gruene?, Texas, Aug. 27, 2022. (Eli Durst/The New York Times)
EditorialA Donald Trump supporter in a campaign cowboy hat, among the crowd at a rally for Republican candidates in Prescott Valley, Ariz., on Friday, July 22, 2022. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
EditorialA cowboy hat belonging to Francisco Tafolla Sr. during a visitation at Salinas Funeral Home in Elsa, Texas, July 21, 2020. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, signs a cowboy hat during a campaign appearance at Urban Dreams in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 26, 2020. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)