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Hopper: Left-Wing Agenda Has Infiltrated the Texas State Guard
“Ultimately, what I witnessed on May 22 was a case of leadership boldly weaponizing the chain of command to indoctrinate a left-wing political agenda of cultural Marxism, critical race theory, and moral relativism upon military forces of the State of Texas.”
Peacock: Being Conservative is No Longer Enough
We don’t need to spend time calling Americans back to conservatism; we need to call them to faith in Jesus.
No Greater Love …
We have allowed Memorial Day to devolve into a long weekend of mattress sales and cook-outs.
Responding to Lackluster Effort
Incumbents pretend voters’ only option is to replace bad Republicans with worse Democrats, but that isn’t the only choice.
MOST RECENT
Woke Versus Winning
Donald Trump has kept faith with America. Look at the real results, and ignore the whining of “woke” pastors.
Rinaldi: The Forgotten House Speaker Race
The do-nothing purple session of 2019 is a reminder that the grassroots must demand a better House Speaker for 2021.
Malone: Last Call for Citizen Input on Texas Gun Rights
October 16 at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline for Texans to submit statements to the House Mass Violence Committee defending gun rights.
Lying With Facts?
Telling the truth requires that facts be offered in context, especially when it is inconvenient.
Ellis: The Trafalgar Effect
Routinely, Trafalgar’s data shows President Trump in better position than most pollsters because they attempt to quantify what is termed the “shy Trump voter.”
Sullivan: Politicians and Political Parties Are Tools, Not Idols
If establishment Republicans cannot be criticized for bad policies or even corruption during a session, or after a session, or the year before an election, or during an election, that leaves … when?
Jackie Schlegel: Defending Parents’ Rights
“I think stopping the bad legislation is probably the most important thing we’ve done.”
Blain: Guaranteed Income Coming to a City Near You?
Data tells us the only way to truly uplift Black and Hispanic low-income Americans in cities is through education and access to employment opportunities.
Political Corruption Is Real… And It Is Our Fault
Shame on us for turning elected officials into idols, offloading our responsibilities to them, and giving them power to abuse.
Outnumbered, Outgunned, Out-trained?
While a strong leader—a ruler, a king, a dictator—might allow his subjects varying degrees of freedom, only a self-governing people can truly have liberty.
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Letters to the Editor, Week of March 28
In this week's mailbag, we hear about government failures, political backstabbing, tax-funded lobbyists, and...
Aycock & Seliger: Feeble men with big titles.
State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, with his over-the-top whining guest column in the Texas Tribune in which he...
Rube Goldberg Government
Rube Goldberg is one of the only people in human history to have the rare distinction of his name being an...
Opposing tax increases is not the be-all of conservatism
Earlier this week Texans for Fiscal Responsibility released Texas’ most important conservative scorecard of...
TAB’s Hammond disdainful of an engaged public
“This is a stopgap bill, I don’t care how we cut it,” said Rep. Phil Stephenson, R-Wharton, about the...
Protecting the ESF as an Endowment
“… we must have a strong ESF. Drawing down billions from the ESF weakens Texas’ financial health, hurts our credit, and drains our flexibility.”
Hilderbran goes soft on tax reform
TX Budget CompactI was saddened to see Rep. Harvey Hilderbran go soft on phasing out the state’s horrible...
Tweet-less (updated)
Without warning or notification, social media mini-blog site Twitter on Monday simultaneously “suspended” the main Empower Texans feed along with the personal accounts of all staff.