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.
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Commentary Archive
Commentary: The Concerning Standard of Texas Republicans
State Rep. Rick Miller (Sugar Land) is a Republican lawmaker with a subpar voting record. He’s someone who originally ran on a conservative platform, decided to play by the rules of a corrupt system, governed as a moderate, made an idiotic statement to a reporter...
Commentary: Getting Out the Vote
Every election is critical and needs to be treated as the most important election ever. There is much discussion on how to get out the vote, and it is more important than ever that we activate our base. There are several techniques to use to get out the vote. If what...
Commentary: Could 1972 Equal Rights Amendment Have New Life?
In the aftermath of the November 5, 2019, general election in the Commonwealth of Virginia, both chambers of that state’s general assembly flipped from majority-Republican (albeit by paper-thin margins in both bodies for the past two years, anyway) to...
Commentary: Our Elites Have Learned Nothing
Donald Trump’s presidency has done a lot of things, but perhaps one of its most striking effects has been unmasking the contempt with which the elites view the rest of us. By “elites,” I mean the group of people who, for decades, have rested comfortably in their...
Washed Clean
Cleanliness, our mothers all told us, is next to godliness. Come to think of it, I’m not sure that ever motivated me to actually clean my room as a kid. (Sorry, mom!) Thanks to sin, none of us – like petulant children before bedtime – really want to be clean on our...
Commentary: How We Defeated a Bond, but Not Without Grief
Reeves County in West Texas is where I call home. I proudly serve as a precinct chair for our local Republican Party, working to bring our conservative values into practice in our booming little ranching and energy industry-dominated community. Fighting for...
Commentary: The Genius of Trump’s Terrorist Designation for Mexican Cartels
President Trump last week signaled his intention to designate the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTO). In doing so, he takes the most aggressive step yet toward addressing the brutal violence that plagues Mexico and is fueling a migrant...
Commentary: 230 BILLION Barrels of Oil in West Texas?
The day after I was elected to the Railroad Commission of Texas, it was announced that the largest find of oil and natural gas in history was assessed in West Texas. In the three years since that announcement, projected totals for this find have continued to grow....
Commentary: Super Tuesday Senate Primaries
Super Tuesday is scheduled for March 3, and while the national focus will be on the 14 states and one territory whose electorates will vote in the Democratic presidential nomination contest, important Senate primaries will also be occurring in four states. Five places...