Commentary
Texas’ Primary Elections Provide Bold School Choice Opportunity
The optimal school choice approach should liberate education from the constraints of the monopoly government school system, draw upon successful market-driven solutions, and offer a simplified education finance system.
May God Save Texas
Saving Texas involves redeeming Texans and Texas institutions, including civil government.
I Took a DNA Test and My Race is Human
At some point we have to acknowledge the truth about our shared ancestry if we are to survive as a nation.
Y’All Answered: On the Courts Blocking Texas’ Border Law
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Commentary Archive
Y’All Answered: Defund Woke Schools?
Increasingly, public schools in Texas are allowing resources and instruction time to be spent indoctrinating children into radical sex and gender ideologies. With pornographic books in the libraries, LGBTQ parades through the hallways, and cross-dressing teachers in...
Y’All Answered: Abbott on Phelan?
For the first time in more than 50 years, a sitting speaker of the Texas House has been forced into a party primary runoff. House Speaker Dade Phelan placed second in the three-person primary. He now faces David Covey on May 28. Mr. Covey had previously been endorsed...
Amarillo by Morning: Abortion Clinic “Waste” Hauled into Texas City for Disposal
Abortion is outlawed in the state of Texas, but that does not mean the abortion industry is not still profiting off of pregnant Texas mothers seeking an abortion. Abortion is outlawed in the state of Texas, but that does not mean the abortion industry is not still...
Sunshine Week: Taking A Stand Against Public Information Blackouts
Shining light on our government through public information helps us ask questions of elected officials – and hold them accountable. Sunshine Week, taking place March 10-16, recognizes the importance of open government and educates Americans about their right to public...
Election Fraud: Turtle On a Fence Post
I have worked in elections for over 40 years. Early on, I got involved in “ballot security”—sometimes called “election integrity.” It was then that I was told that election fraud was “like a turtle on a fence post.” You know it didn’t get there by itself, and you...
President Biden: Do Your Job
Everywhere I go in Texas’ twenty-seventh district, border security is the first and last topic that comes up. CBP has reported over 8 million border encounters since 2021. Given this doesn’t include ‘gotaways,’ the real number is likely much higher. The vast majority...
Y’All Answered: Voted Early?
Early in-person voting continues all this week ahead of the March 5 primary. Yesterday, we asked readers if they had already voted or planned to do so. Do you want to participate in our weekly surveys? Subscribe to the Texas Minute! Here is a sampling of the comments...
Commentary, Life, Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Train Up Your Child…
In the 1980s, Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox parroted the long-standing leftist line that parents shouldn’t be trusted to raise their kids, let alone educate them at home. The Texas judiciary eventually laughed those arguments out of court, but that school of...
Y’All Answered: Should Lawmakers Profit Off State Contracts?
An investigation has revealed that House Speaker Dade Phelan and his family have profited off a lucrative contract with a state agency during his tenure in office. Yesterday, we asked readers if Texas officials and their immediate families be prohibited from having...