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Y’All Answered: On the Courts Blocking Texas’ Border Law
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Y’All Answered: Defund Woke Schools?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Y’All Answered: Abbott on Phelan?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Amarillo by Morning: Abortion Clinic “Waste” Hauled into Texas City for Disposal
Texas’ anti-abortion laws do not address the disposal of the remains of an unborn child killed by an elective abortion outside the State of Texas at a waste management facility inside the State of Texas.
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A Rock For The Ages
One of the most photographed places in the world is the view of Jerusalem’s old city, taken from the vantage point of the Mount of Olives. Dominating that view today is the golden Dome of the Rock, a Muslim shrine. It hasn’t always been there. On a recent trip to...
Y’All Answered: Should Phelan Be Censured?
The Republican Party of the largest county in House Speaker Dade Phelan's district has censured him, opening the door for the State Republican Executive Committee to now do so. That action, in turn, would allow the state party to spend money opposing Phelan in the...
Mitchell County Becomes First County in Texas to Outlaw Abortion Trafficking
Abortion has been outlawed in Mitchell County, Texas (pop. 9,070), with several protections being added to protect pregnant mothers and their unborn children under their jurisdiction. On the morning of Friday, July 14, the county commission considered a Sanctuary...
Navarro County Health Dept. Invites Abortion Giant to Corsicana
On July 11, the Navarro County Health Department used our tax dollars to host Planned Parenthood, the global leader in infanticide, at their facility in Corsicana. In addition to the agency's history of intimidating businesses into closing their doors, forcing useless...
The Glory-Grabbers
Glory hog. Credit-seeker. Spotlight-grabber. Brown-noser. Whatever you call them, we all know the type. They overstate the value of their work or take a little creative license in describing their contribution to a group effort. The political landscape of our “allies”...
Texas Must Cease Using Race in Admissions, Employment, and Contracting
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 6-3 that the admissions program at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution because they discriminate on the basis of race. That decision in Students for...
Y’All Answered: Are Lawmakers Stealing From Taxpayers?
Members of the Texas Legislature famously earn $600 per month, but with some added benefits – like a pension tied to the salary of full-time state district judges – that few mention back home. They also get paid $221 per day for expenses when in Austin... or just...
The Local Fight Against Abortion in a Post-Roe Texas
Since June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturned the court’s previous decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, abortion and the aiding and abetting of abortion has been declared illegal in the...
Sometimes, Tax Cuts Are Not Enough
While Solomon in his prime might have been the wisest man in history, he made some bad choices in his later years—straying from God and ultimately undermining the kingdom his father had unified. He did so, in part, through reckless taxation. But that recklessness...