Commentary
Y’All Answered: Democrats Chairing House Committees?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Coalition Urges Gov. Abbott to Call Special Session Over Election Integrity
The letter requests the creation of an independent state-level authority to prosecute election crimes and a thorough examination of the voter rolls to verify U.S. citizenship before November’s presidential election.
The True Effects of the Mutilation of Children
The transgender contagion has been destructive to children’s physical development.
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Commentary Archive
Commentary: Congress Shirks Its Powers and Then Cries ‘Thief!’
A bipartisan howling is coming from Congress about President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build the border wall. And while hypocrisy in Washington is always in the water, on the question of immigration, there is enough of it to make your hair curl....
Teachers And Taxpayers Deserve Relief
Members of the Texas Senate are set to take up an across-the-board pay raise for the state’s 340,000 classroom teachers. In a session that should be devoted to practical reforms with tangible results, this hits the mark... but is it a mark anyone cares about? Let’s be...
Commentary: Sanders’ Problem
A day after announcing his entry into the 2020 presidential campaign, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders jumped off to a strong start, raising a reported $6 million in just his first 24 hours as a repeat candidate. But, a technical problem also looms in the distance. Last...
Commentary: Why Are We Forced to Pay Lobbyists Who Work Against Us?
It’s no secret that property taxes are out of control for many Texans, myself included. But what bothers me most is how local government officials and lobbyists are opposing new tax reforms that would empower citizens—and even worse, we have to pay them to work...
El Paso Proves Walls Work
Crime rates have dropped since a border wall was built in El Paso. Why, then, is the mainstream media ignoring it? El Paso served as the backdrop this week as President Donald Trump held a rally in which he called on Democrats to support the construction of a wall...
Commentary: Texans Want Property Tax Reform
Here’s a not-very-shocking fact: Every person who testified against the property tax reform bill (Senate Bill 2) on Tuesday, Feb. 5 was either an elected official with a taxing entity (including mayors and county officials), a city or county employee (fire and police...
Chris Fails: A Man of Action and Principle
Mahatma Ghandi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” and not many practice this better than Chris Fails. As a cancer survivor and leader, Fails has been fighting for change in the San Antonio area for years now, and in multiple ways he has played a role...
Commentary: Polling on the Democrats
The Emerson College Polling Institute and Monmouth University just released two presidential polls, the former of Iowa voters, the latter, a national study. The Emerson poll (1/30-2/2; 831 IA registered voters; 260 IA likely Democratic caucus attenders) finds former...
Commentary: Congress Has a Little Time to Get Immigration Right
After refusing for weeks to negotiate over border security “until the government is open,” the bluff has been called on congressional Democrats. Congress has until February 15 to craft a border security package ahead of what could be yet another partial government...