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Inside the Black (Robed) Box of Judicial Elections

Unlike in our federal system, Texans are blessed with the ability to elect (and un-elect) our judges. But many struggle with what questions they should be asking judicial candidates. For many voters, judicial elections can be like a black (robed) box. Justice Jeff...

TEC Trapping Texans

My name is Jeremy Newman, I am the Policy Director for the Texas Home School Coalition. THSC has had extensive experience with the Texas Ethics Commission’s practices over the last 5 years and I hope to shed some light on that for you. The TEC has become an agency...

Six Weeks: Will You Make Them Count?

On October 22, Texans will start casting votes in the November general election. We’ll soon be voting for everything from congressional and state representatives to county commissioners; statewide officials (including Texas Supreme Court justices) to judges at every...

TEC’s Litigation Lies Exposed in LBB Letter

The Texas Ethics Commission has been caught telling lies to the legislators who oversee them. Pretty unethical! But will legislators do anything about it? This week I sent a letter to Ursula Parks, the director of the Legislative Budget Board. That’s the agency tasked...

Clipping The Puppet Master’s Strings

To the chagrin of the Austin establishment, Texans know who Joe Straus is, the disgraced outgoing speaker of the Texas House. Straus has been the face of a coalition of Democrats, crony Republicans and lobbyists working to thwart the reform agendas of conservatives....

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Suzanne Blackstone: “Golden” Example of Leadership

Suzanne Blackstone’s resume as a community volunteer is too long to list. A past president of the venerable Golden Corridor Republican Women – an organization covering Dallas, Collin and Denton Counties – she now serves as the group’s VP of Legislation. But perhaps...

UT’s Diversity Manifesto Should Horrify Taxpayers

Spend any amount of time on a college campus and you’ll realize academia is obsessed with the idea of “diversity.” The University of Texas at Austin takes this obsession and turns it into policy with its Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, a social justice screed...

Baylor’s Refusal to Recognize Campus Carry is Dangerous

On August 23rd , just 3 days after the beginning of the Fall semester, a young woman was sexually assaulted in or around the Dutton Parking Garage on the campus of Baylor University. This comes after new revelations that the Baylor administration was not only aware of...