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An Open Letter to Matthew McConaughey
Advocates of self-defense support fewer restrictions on law-abiding citizens owning and carrying guns because it will reduce violent crimes.
Y’All Answered: Pick-A-Governor
In the spirit of fantasy football, we asked readers who they’d recruit to lead Texas.
Stop Lying Around
Rather than be defined by anger, we must get to work fixing our republic.
Athens Council Rejects Local Abortion Ban; Ordinance Heads to Voters
The citizens of Athens will now decide on November 8 if their city will gain additional abortion restrictions.
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Analysis: An East Texas Shakeup?
Gohmert’s (potential) run for attorney general could trigger a shuffle behind the Pine Curtain.
Self-Serving Rulers And Their Ill-Gotten Wealth
Think of the rich young ruler in the New Testament as Hunter Biden to understand the story.
Huffines: Texas Must Stop Releasing Illegal Aliens
Instead of being deported, waves of illegal immigrants who are released under Abbott’s orders get on buses and head to communities in cities like Houston, Dallas, Chicago, L.A., and New York.
Real People, Holding Firm
Even with defeat inevitable, the people of Gamla decided to go down fighting.
Pratt: Warped Use of COVID ‘Relief’ and Definition of Distance Learning at Odessa College
Odessa College’s piano purchase is a perversion of what funding for local distance learning is meant to be.
Pratt: Republican-drawn Political Districts Are Most Always Branded as Racist, and It’s a Big Catch-22
How should Republicans handle this in the press and public eye?
Sullivan: How I’m Voting
Voters must consider eight amendments to the Texas Constitution. Some of them should make you mad.
Analysis: Real People Are Hurting
Refusing to address property tax burdens in a real and meaningful way gives politicians ongoing talking points and a “problem” to solve, but it does nothing to help struggling Texans.
Pikl: Can Private Employers Legally Mandate a Medical Treatment?
Requiring an employee to take an experimental injection the employee does not agree to take as a condition to keeping their job infringes on the dignity of the employee by coercing them to violate their conscience.
Haynes: Why State Bans & Flipping School Boards Won’t Stop Critical Race Theory
“The real power for winning this war lies with the grassroots forming local groups to hold school boards and schools accountable.”
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Commentary: The Underlying Numbers
Recent polls may give us a better idea of what Americans will be basing their vote on in the 2020 elections.
Commentary: My Experience at the March for Life
With over 200,000 in attendance, all races, political parties, genders, and ages gathered in D.C. this January to rally for life.
Commentary: Leftist Legislators’ War on Religious Freedom
Democrats are going on the offensive this session, pushing anti-Christian legislation referred to as #BanTheBible bills by organizations like Texas Values.
Who is Trying to Tax Granny in 2019?
It’s hard to imagine the GOP majority in either chamber of the Texas Legislature would want to spend 2019 attempting to levy any new taxes, let alone one on nursing home residents.
Commentary: A Tale of Two Systems
A story of two universities and a troubling fight over free speech.
Dear Governor Abbott: Property Tax Relief Must be an Emergency Item
Governor, you were right in July of 2017 that property taxes demanded immediate attention. That statement rings even more true now in January of 2019.
Commentary: Trump Is Right, Congress Needs to Do Its Job
Instead of declaring a national emergency to fund the wall (and end the shutdown), President Trump needs to keep the pressure on Congress.
Texas House Republicans Forfeit Opportunity to Fight for the Grassroots
To say Republican activists across the state should be annoyed by what happened during the rules debate would be an understatement.
Commentary: Silicon Valley Is a Political Monolith, and It’s Bad for the Industry
Preventing the technology industry as a whole from becoming a monolith like Silicon Valley is essential for the public to retain trust in the industry, and for keeping and recruiting valuable talent.
President Trump Moves the Overton Window
Democrat leaders concede border security is an issue.