Commentary
Sanctuary Year for the Unborn: 10 Texas Cities Outlawed Abortion in 2022
The Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative has had a high success rate in Texas this year, and it is likely that 2023 will bring even more sanctuary cities for the unborn.
The Carol of the Drum
Even at our best, when we stand before God we are like a child banging on a drum.
Y’All Answered: Re-elect Cornyn?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
This Land Is Our Land … Not Communist China’s!
The only choice for the Texas Legislature is whether or not to be victimized by a hostile foreign power that wants what we have.
Commentary Archive
Root: Signatures Undermined
With the help of Republicans in 2021, vote harvesters in Texas won’t have to worry about supplying convincing signatures on mail-in ballot applications. Last week, election administrators taking part in a call with the secretary of state’s office were reportedly told...
Protecting Words
Two years before Israel became a nation in 1948, the first ancient scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepheds in the caves of Qumran, near the Dead Sea. Nearly a thousand scrolls were eventually uncovered by archeologists, covering most of the Old Testament,...
Dickson: Plainview Citizens Begin Process to Force Public Vote Outlawing Abortion
Since November 15th, 2019 residents throughout the City of Plainview (pop. 22,343) have expressed interest in seeing their city pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits. When the first member of their community showed interest in this...
Dickson: Lindale Citizens Begin Process to Force Public Vote Outlawing Abortion
Two years ago, on January 7, 2020, citizens of the City of Lindale (pop. 6,730) approached their conservative East Texas city council with a simple ask: outlaw abortion in Lindale, Texas. Citizens returned before their city council on January 21 and February 4, and...
Sanctuary Year for the Unborn: 22 Cities Throughout Texas Outlawed Abortion in 2021
Since June of 2019, 43 cities in the United States have passed ordinances outlawing abortion within their city limits. This year alone, 26 cities across the United States have outlawed abortion—22 of those cities are in the Lone Star State. The 22 cities in Texas that...
Committed to the Fight
On TV, a murder is solved within two commercial breaks. At the movies, a galaxy-spanning war can be resolved in under an hour. Even when we read real accounts of great movements, everything is neatly contained between two covers and around 500 pages. Yet when visiting...
Real Joy in the World
If one can get past the inflatable snowmen, tinsel, and wrapped presents, Christmas’ focus is on a baby in a manger. Yet even that is just a meager sign pointing us to the destination of a joy that lasts not for a season, but eternity. The coming of the Messiah was...
Biden: The Nights of Winter
From the desk of Joe Biden… ‘Twas the night of the "winter of illness and death." My voters were too scared to take even a breath. Wherever you went, all through the land, Blue State creatures were masked, as was my command. The coffins were stacked on the front...
Liberty Is Enough
There is an unfortunate tendency to present liberty as a means to the end of economic prosperity. We too often hear about liberty as if it is good for what comes out of it, rather than what it is. By turning liberty into just another cog in the machinery of generating...