Commentary
Y’All Answered: Who Will Your Neighborhood Support?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Safeguarding American Independence Requires a Strong Border
“A nation without borders is not a nation.”
Roger Wheelock: Protecting Children From Harmful Educational Doctrines
“Our children are being misled into thinking, believing, and acting upon behaviors and lifestyles terribly harmful to children and catastrophic to the nation,” said Wheelock.
Asserting Independence
Independence Day should not just be a celebration of history, but a commitment to the future.
Commentary Archive
Midland Implementing New “Tax”
Our City Council is planning to take more of your money, this time via a stormwater runoff fee on the water bill. For residents, the tiered fee structure ranges from $1.20 to $3.40 per month and is based on the square footage of your home’s roofline. Barring any...
Revoking Occupational Licenses for Failing to Pay Student Loans is Illogical
Occupational licensing is a growing concern in Texas. Over the past 50 years, the number of professional fields requiring licensure in the state has grown from 5 percent to 30 percent. A “license to work” not only acts as barrier to employment for those seeking to...
Tarrant County Woman Convicted of Illegal Voting
Democrats continue to bury their heads in the sand as they claim that voter fraud isn’t real. But in Fort Worth on March 28, 2018, Crystal Mason was convicted of illegal voting in the 2016 general election and sentenced to five years in the Institutional Division of...
Censures Demand Serious Treatment and Serious Respect from Officeholders
Across Texas, grassroots activists are frustrated with Republican officeholders at every level of government—and they should be. Despite supermajorities in the Texas Legislature, full control of government in Washington, and having prevented Democrats from winning...
Mark Pulliam: A Lawyer Exposing Corruption
Mark Pulliam is a retired lawyer, yet his most exciting days have only just begun. He now exposes the corruption happening in some of the biggest media outlets and institutions in the state of Texas. Pulliam was born and raised in Washington, D.C., though his parents...
Notice the White Hat?
Are folks in the Austin lobby starting to catch on that we at Empower Texans mean what we say about our mission and objectives? I was recently entertained to read a blog post by Austin ethics attorney Andrew Cates entitled “Empower Texans – White Knight in Disguise?”...
“There You Go Again”
"There you go again," was the rebuke from former California Governor Ronald Reagan. We all recall that moment during the October 28, 1980 debate when Reagan rebuked Carter over Carter's misstatement of Reagan's position on Medicare. The line "There you go again"...
Train A Comin'
Looking at last night’s election results: Wins! Can we be frustrated by the pace of winning? Yes. But let’s be encouraged by the fact that we aren’t tired of winning yet! Any disappointments from last night should spur us all to work harder and smarter in the months...
Train A Comin’
Looking at last night’s election results: Wins! Can we be frustrated by the pace of winning? Yes. But let’s be encouraged by the fact that we aren’t tired of winning yet! Any disappointments from last night should spur us all to work harder and smarter in the months...