Commentary
Y’All Answered: Golden Parachutes for School Superintendents?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Dade Phelan Claims He is Democrats’ Choice for Speaker
Phelan’s repeated reliance on Democrats for political survival should serve as the final straw for any Republican who is still trying to portray him as a friend of conservative values.
The Case For School Choice in Texas
School choice combats failing government schools and woke teachers through competition.
Open Letter to Rockwall ISD Trustees
School board trustees have the power and authority to do better for families in their communities, and Texas Education 911 has ideas that will help them.
Commentary Archive
Y’All Answered: Superintendent Salaries
A new report shows Texas superintendents making extraordinary base salaries with lucrative benefits that are not available to teachers or many people working in the private sector. Base pay packages of more than $300,000 to upwards of a half-million are increasingly...
A Good Friday?
From a certain perspective, it is hard to think of this as a “good” Friday. It is, after all, the anniversary of the day when the political elite of the 1st century colluded with a corrupt judiciary to execute a man who had done nothing wrong. This is the day when the...
ANALYSIS: ‘Education Freedom’ Faces House Test
No issue has been more widely supported for so long, yet left completely ignored by the Texas Legislature, than that of "school choice" and "education freedom." On poll after poll, even on several GOP primary ballots, voters and taxpayers have strongly supported the...
Y’All Answered: On The Death Penalty
Legal critics say the Republican leadership of the Texas House is quietly allowing Democrats to move legislation that, in effect, would abolish the death penalty. In yesterday's One Click Survey, we asked readers if Texas should keep the death penalty or abolish it....
Keep Billions in our Economy, Not Corrupt Regimes: Tax Remittances to Foreign Nations
Much ado is made about the drain on taxpayer-funded programs by illegal aliens. According to a recent study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, for example, the fiscal burden of illegal immigration in Texas is a whopping $13.36 billion per year. A much...
Domination Through Toleration
It should be obvious now that the “gay rights” movement was never about tolerance. It was always about dominance. Time after time, on issue after issue, by refusing to fight the secular left from the moral high ground, conservatives – and more specifically, Christians...
‘A Republic, Madam, If You Can Keep It!’
Many great citizens currently use the word "democracy" when referring to our United States government. I respectfully request review and reconsideration in the study of American history. A democracy is precisely what too many elected and unelected bureaucrats are...
Y’All Answered: Deport Illegal Aliens?
A U.S. Supreme Court case and federal immigration rules say states cannot deport illegal aliens – that is, people who entered the country illegally. In yesterday's One Click Survey, readers were asked if – regardless of the federal government's rules and policies –...
A Lost Right To Property
No religious text is more strongly in support of property rights than the Bible. The right of an individual to own property – fully and completely – is central to Scripture. Indeed, property rights are so intrinsic to Scripture, you find them twice in the Ten...