Commentary
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.
Y’All Answered: Should Texas Keep the Death Penalty?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
The Dust Has Settled in Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass used to be the illegal immigration hub of Texas—now it’s virtually silent.
Y’All Answered: Should Women be Subject to the Draft?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Commentary Archive
Little River-Academy, Texas Becomes 50th City in Texas to Outlaw Abortion
The City of Little River-Academy, located just 10 miles outside of Temple with a population of 2,048, is now a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” On Thursday, the city council passed an “Ordinance Outlawing Abortion, Declaring Little River-Academy a Sanctuary City for...
Cutting Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Hard In Texas
Only in Austin could politicians defend not cutting property taxes by claiming doing so would mean more spending. Yet that is exactly what is happening in the Texas Capitol as politicians salivate over how to spend the state’s $27 billion—and growing—budget surplus....
Don’t Work, Don’t Eat
A recent study finds that Texas makes it very lucrative for people not to work. The benefits and handouts available come to the equivalent of earning $74,000… all for not working in the Lone Star State. Are the rest of us suckers? According to research conducted by...
Y’all Answered: Should John Cornyn Resign?
A resolution calling for John Cornyn to resign as a member of the U.S. Senate was passed by the executive committee of a county in Northeast Texas. They cited his recent vote for the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package and “lack of fidelity” to the party’s...
A Missed Opportunity
Last Sunday, Joe “Puddin’ Head” Biden came to Texas to visit the border for the first time since taking office. Americans were treated to visions of a sleepy and uneventful border tour courtesy of a federal government that gaslit its own people about the role it...
Analysis: What Are the House Deadlines During the 88th Legislature?
With the 88th Legislative Session beginning on January 10, citizens must know the important deadlines they’ll need to confront in order to ensure bills they support have a shot to pass the Texas House and Senate and to be signed by the governor. Because it is a much...
Analysis: Strategic Fight Sets up America for a Big Win
A historic vote late Friday finally secured the speakership of the U.S. House for a California Republican, but the path getting there could reshape congressional action for years to come. Two dozen reform-minded conservatives forced major concessions that will shift...
Well, They Don’t Understand…
Politicians are at their most condescending when informing constituents that they “just don’t understand.” The comment inevitably comes when the constituent has expressed frustration that long-promised action on publicly popular legislation has yet to materialize....
Capitalism, Education, and Texas
America loves capitalism! Why wouldn’t we? Thanks to the free flow of capital, along with a rules-based marketplace and credible courts to call balls and strikes, America has developed the largest, wealthiest middle class in history. One of the best aspects of...