Commentary
Analysis: If You Don’t Want to Register as a Lobbyist, Just Hire One
“It’s not easy, I understand. It’s certainly not intuitive,” said TEC Chairman Randy Erben, explaining the state’s lobbyist registration laws.
Senate Bill 336 Hands Leftists a Legal Bludgeon To Smash Dissent
Free speech is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest.
Y’All Answered: Money for Drag Show Libraries
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Just Be Faithful
Having just returned from Israel, I am reminded how much I love the brief stop in the Valley of Elah, located due west of the Dead Sea and south of Bethlehem. (Maybe you’d like to visit Elah with me in 2024? Find out more on our website.) I like this place not because...
Texas Law Commands Respect for Wisdom of Voters
Following a Democrat-led impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas House of Representatives, the Texas Senate is now slated to take up the matter of whether Paxton should be permanently removed from office. However, since the House’s allegations repeat...
Dade Phelan Targets Trump’s Top Lawyer With Illegal Impeachment
Just days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanded Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan resign from office for being drunk on the job, Phelan’s lieutenants have announced plans to illegally impeach him. On Thursday, General Investigating Committee Chairman Andrew...
Living For An Impact
It doesn’t look like much today, but the Israeli archeological site Tel Sheva is kind of a big deal. It was at the center of much of the narrative in the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Its name back then was Beer-sheba. (Maybe you’d like to visit Israel with me in 2024?...
ANALYSIS: Crony Establishment Will Veto Your Vote
Ken Paxton’s most egregious crimes were not those given as excuses for impeachment by 61 Democrats and 60 Republicans in the Texas House. His true, and most inexcusable crime, was to challenge the autocratic rule of the Lone Star State by an unholy alliance of...
Sorry, But It Is Our Job
There is a lie whispered by tyrants, spoken by sycophants, and repeated by patriots. It is a lie that has undermined our Republic and will be the undoing of our liberty. That lie is one I hear all too frequently, spoken as though it were holy writ. “I just wish I...
A Time for Choosing in Texas
In 2014, the same Texas House that impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton—our most popular politician—used the same playbook to try to remove me from my position as a regent of the University of Texas. Despite the claims against him, the Attorney General will...
One Year Later: A Prosper Mom’s Story
Mother’s Day marked a somber anniversary in Prosper Independent School District. That was the day, one year ago, that one Prosper mom learned school bus driver Frank Paniagua had been sexually molesting her two little daughters—just 5 and 7 years old at the time—for...
Saving Collin College
The philosopher Roger Scruton once said, “Good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created.” In the same way, it’s easier to complain than to be constructive. Jay Saad, current vice chair of the Collin College board, and Cathie Alexander are both in the...