Commentary
Pro-life Advocates Protested GOP’s New Stance on Abortion Outside the RNC
It was the first time in four decades the GOP platform failed to include language supporting federal protection for unborn children.
Y’All Answered: Will Democrats Support Harris?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Gas & Groceries – Taking the Fight to America’s Voters
When Americans must choose between paying the rent or feeding their kids, the country is ready for a new direction.
Y’All Answered: Biden on the Ballot?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Commentary Archive
The Alamo Fell, and Texas Rose
In a final call for reinforcements, the men who held the Alamo had given themselves a binary choice: "victory or death." Nearly two hundred years later, we know the framing of their choice, and their decision to make it publicly known, helped ensure that victory for...
Cravens: Harris County Voters Deserve Better
Felicia Cravens is a front-line election worker with more than 20 years of experience serving voters at the polls in Harris County. It's the day after the Texas Primaries, and while we wait for the Harris County results (a long story you can read about elsewhere), I...
Analysis: Why Is TLR Funding the Opposition?
Few organizations have ever wielded as much power in state government as Texans for Lawsuit Reform. Organized as a pro-business lobby group fighting the trial lawyers, TLR has a campaign war chest exceeding most statewide candidates — and is the top spender in...
Sorry, But There Are Only Two Political Parties
At the risk of offending a few folks, there are precisely two political parties in America. These two parties are in a fierce competition, with nothing less than the fate of the republic riding on the outcome. No, I’m not talking about the Democrats and the...
Dickson: Abilene Residents Submit 10,000+ Initiative Petition Signatures to Outlaw Abortion
On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22 p.m. the Citizen Initiative Committee to outlaw abortion in the City of Abilene turned in more than 10,000 signatures to Abilene City Hall. Scott Beard, pastor of FountainGate Fellowship, was one of the members of the initiating...
Dickson: Lindale Council Certifies Initiative Signatures, Sets Hearing on Outlawing Abortion
On Tuesday, February 15, the city council of Lindale, Texas (pop. 6,730), received the certification of the citizen initiative petition signatures and scheduled a hearing to consider the passage of an ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits. The item was...
Private Morality, Public Morals
Yet another sex scandal has been revealed in the Texas Capitol. A married Republican legislator has been caught in several extramarital affairs with various women – including a Capitol staffer. At least one of the relationships seemed predicated, in part, on him...
Dickson: Jewett Becomes 40th City in Texas to Outlaw Abortion
The City of Jewett (population 1,250), located about 70 miles southeast of Waco and about 130 miles northwest of Houston, has become the 40th city in Texas to pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion and the third city to do so in Leon County, following...
Dickson: Houston Attorney Retained by San Angelo Residents Questions Legality of Mayor’s Actions
On Friday, attorney Jerad Najvar with Najvar Law Firm in Houston posted a simple question on Facebook: “Did the San Angelo Mayor Admit to Violating Open Meetings Law to Thwart Pro-Life Ordinance?” Najvar has been retained by residents of San Angelo, who had petitioned...