Commentary
Pharmacy Protests May Be More About Walmart Than Walgreens
Walmart and others will be better off focusing on selling groceries, clothing, and pharmaceuticals that improve health rather than cause death.
A Rockwall Mom Responds
Corey Booth is asking the Rockwall community to stand with her family to help protect children, not the establishment.
Amarillo City Council Approves ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn’ Ballot Language for November Election
The ballot language for Amarillo’s Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance has finally been decided and is now on its way to the November ballot.
Y’All Answered: How much do illegal aliens cost public schools?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Commentary Archive
Border Crisis or Constitutional Crisis?
In Texas, we face not merely a border crisis but also a constitutional crisis. The Biden Administration is not lacking in capability to address border security; rather, it actively pursues an open border policy that deliberately and intentionally violates U.S....
A Yoke of Slavery?
There is an unfortunate tendency to present liberty as a means to the end of economic prosperity. We too often hear about liberty as if it is good for what comes out of it rather than what it is. By turning liberty into just another cog in the machinery of generating...
Y’All Answered: Presidential Primary 2024
Two months out from Texas' Republican primary, eight candidates will be on the ballot seeking the GOP presidential nomination. Yesterday, we asked readers who they are currently supporting. More than 74 percent of those responding said they are supporting Donald...
Amarillo Citizens Begin Citizen Initiative Process to Prohibit Abortion Trafficking
Since January 10, 2020, residents throughout the City of Amarillo (pop. 201,291) have expressed interest in seeing their city pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits. When the first member of their community showed interest in this...
Y’All Answered: Making 2024 Resolutions?
The practice of setting personal resolutions for the new year dates back thousands of years. Yesterday, we asked readers if they plan to set any resolutions for 2024. Do you want to participate in our weekly surveys? Subscribe to the Texas Minute! Here is a sampling...
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden: Fighting for Medical Liberty
A physician with more than 25 years of experience, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is board-certified in both Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. In 2019, she founded BreatheMD in Houston. Educated at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the Medical College of...
Y’All Answered: Affirming ‘LGBTQ’ Lifestyles to be a Foster Parent?
A rule proposed by the Biden administration would require foster parents to "affirm" LGBTQ lifestyles. This is being seen as a direct assault on Christian foster parents and faith-based placement organizations. Yesterday, we asked readers if they thought foster...
Fighting The Battles Ourselves
We all know things are not as they should be. Between a rotting culture and a self-serving government, the challenges to our republic are daunting. It is no wonder there are so many people seeking someone to fight for them. Is that really the answer? Do we just need a...
Do We Really Want What We Ask For?
After a half-millennium of living as a self-governing people, the ancient Israelites went to the Prophet Samuel and asked him to appoint a king. They soon learned the danger of getting what they wanted. From the perspective of practical governance, no section of Holy...