Commentary
Texas Needs a Law to Protect Texas Land
We simply can’t let the CCP keep winning in Texas, and we can’t let them take over our land.
Y’All Answered: Still with Cornyn?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
The Latino Shift: How Pastors and Grassroots Efforts Turned the Tide in Texas
Driven by a desire for change that aligns with their faith and values, Latino voters are increasingly voting based on issues rather than party loyalty.
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Commentary Archive
Southeast New Mexico Braces For Arrival of the Texas Abortion Industry
Since abortion is illegal in Texas under the Pre-Roe v. Wade statutes which criminalize abortion from the moment of conception, Whole Woman’s Health is closing their abortion facilities in Fort Worth, McKinney, Austin, and McAllen and relocating to southeastern New...
Suppressing History
It’s one thing to be passively ignorant of history, but something else entirely to refuse to study the past. Regardless of our political, ideological, and even theological beliefs, an honest review of history keeps us grounded in facts as we move toward the future....
Y’All Answered: Subsidize Green Energy?
In the Texas Minute for Tuesday, July 12, we asked readers if lawmakers should stop subsidizing wind and solar power. Do you want to participate in our weekly surveys? Subscribe to the Texas Minute! Here’s a sampling of responses from the 7/12/2022 inbox… “I would...
Athens Council Certifies Initiative Signatures, Will Vote on Ordinance Outlawing Abortion
On Monday, July 11, the city council of Athens (pop. 13,121) received the certification of the citizen initiative petition signatures from their City Secretary. Based on numbers obtained by the Henderson County Board of Elections, a total of 1,077 qualified signatures...
School Vouchers Pose Little Risk to Homeschooling
We must incentivize families to leave the public schools. Now. In discussions of public school reform, a controversial issue is whether vouchers endanger homeschools. Voucher opponents argue that vouchers will lead to the unwanted regulation of homeschools. Voucher...
What We Tolerate
As a personal and civic virtue, tolerance can be a tricky attitude to master without becoming morally rudderless. In fact, the modern implementation of tolerance can be a deadly vice. Even typing these words makes me feel disloyal to 50 years of inculturation in the...
Home of the Free – Really?
Liberty bells are ringing on the Fourth of July, but only with a dull thud. We love to brag with pride that America is the land of the free, but the reality is we are undoubtedly far from free. American citizens are beset from every angle by increasing,...
Being Independent
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....
Media Spins While Texas GOP Wins
There has been a tremendous hue and cry regarding the Texas GOP’s new platform. Numerous publications across Texas and the U.S. have condemned the state GOP because of its support for a referendum on Texas secession and its skepticism around President Biden’s...