Commentary
Pharmacy Protests May Be More About Walmart Than Walgreens
Walmart and others will be better off focusing on selling groceries, clothing, and pharmaceuticals that improve health rather than cause death.
A Rockwall Mom Responds
Corey Booth is asking the Rockwall community to stand with her family to help protect children, not the establishment.
Amarillo City Council Approves ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn’ Ballot Language for November Election
The ballot language for Amarillo’s Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance has finally been decided and is now on its way to the November ballot.
Y’All Answered: How much do illegal aliens cost public schools?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Commentary Archive
Asserting Independence
Despite the name, the document really was not so much a “declaration” of independence as it was a recognition of independence. Our Founding Fathers were merely expressing in the legal and moral language of the day what was the current reality in the world around them....
We Gave Them A Chance. They Blew It.
The 88th Texas legislature has ended, as has a failed special session. Today, the second special session begins. I have a message for our legislators. To say this session was a huge disappointment for conservatives, Republican voters, homeowners, school choice...
Y’All Answered: Ready For Fireworks
With Independence Day approaching, we asked readers yesterday if they plan to celebrate by shooting off their own fireworks or going to watch someone else. Do you want to participate in our weekly surveys? Subscribe to the Texas Minute! Here is a sample of the...
Whoever Is For Us…
It is commonly said in politics that “you’re either with us or against us.” While framing a fight as “us or them” is a rhetorically powerful way to raise the emotional stakes for commitment, such an attitude distorts reality by unnecessarily creating enemies out of...
Y’All Answered: Which Property Tax Relief Plan…?
In yesterday's Texas Minute, we asked readers about the two competing legislative proposals for distributing $12.3 billion in property tax relief. The Abbott/Phelan proposal puts approximately $12 billion directly into "rate compression" –resulting in the school...
Naming Names To Win The Debate
In almost every public battle, the real fight is never the fight itself. The real fight is the fight over what the fight is about. This means establishing the terms that are used to describe the fight and the terms of victory. Because when you are defining the fight,...
Why Sheila Jackson Lee Should Not Be Elected the Next Mayor of Houston
The 2023 Texas legislative session is officially over, although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called for a special session to go over property tax relief and border security to address the massive influx of people pouring over the southern border of Texas. Back here in...
48 Conservative Bills the Texas House Killed This Session
While Texas House Republican members are back in their districts claiming this session was “one of the most conservative sessions in Texas history,” they are met with the sad reality that their constituents are getting smarter and the scoreboard cannot be changed. ...
Y’All Answered: House v Senate in 2023
The chairman of the Republican Party of Texas has rebuked the GOP-dominated Texas House for what he described as watering down conservative priorities. Yesterday, we asked readers which chamber of the Texas Legislature they thought had so far been more responsive to...