Earlier this week, Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway told the media that if the NRA continues its plans to host its annual convention in Dallas in May, then the organization would be “met with opposition.” Now, it’s not surprising to hear a liberal politician like...

A budget-busting, bipartisan spending binge passed Congress last week, so I'd like to propose a topic for this week's Texas Congressional Delegation luncheon: What is each Texan's oversight and legislative plan to shrink the number of federal employees and...

When the State Republican Executive Committee voted on Saturday to censure Speaker Joe Straus, liberal commentators clambered to explain it away as being solely about the privacy legislation Straus obstructed and ultimately killed last year. Indeed, Straus’ own...

A liberal newspaper’s watchdog supports the same property tax reform the Texas House refused to pass—a body with a two-thirds Republican majority. Does this sound hard to believe? I don’t blame you. But don’t take my word for it. Read the words of taxpayer-advocate...

Dear college presidents, administrators, and faculty: Please stop encouraging the intolerance of competing ideas and stop stifling free speech. In this great land, the government does not get to tell you what to think or what to say—unless as  is the modern trend,...

[This is written testimony provided to the United State’s House Committee on Rules.] This discussion does not address the problem of unbalanced budgets, the scourge of national debt, or the appropriate size of the federal government. This discussion is important,...

Tomorrow marks an important deadline in accountability season in Texas. Campaign finance reports are due to the Texas Ethics Commission and their contents will tell voters and activists alike a lot about the viability of a campaign, which races the Austin...