Commentary
Y’All Answered: What to do with Republicans Who Ditch the Caucus Nominee?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Why Senator Duckworth is ‘Flat Out Wrong’ About Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense
“Frankly, America’s daughters are just as capable of defending liberty and freedom as her sons.” – Senator Tammy Duckworth
Y’All Answered: Trump’s Cabinet
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Commentary Archive
Failing The Next Generation
In the 1980s, Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox parroted the long-standing leftist line that parents shouldn’t be trusted to raise their kids, let alone educate them at home. The Texas judiciary eventually laughed those arguments out of court, but that school of...
Central Texas, Commentary, Local
Reece: Northside ISD Parents Confront School Board Over ‘Antiracism’ Exercise
“There’s no need for raising your voice. You do have a microphone,” said Karen Freeman at a recent meeting of the Northside ISD board of trustees. Some observers understood her statement and tone as condescending and patronizing, totally dismissive of the pain of the...
Dickson: Outlawing Abortion at the Local Level in a Post-Roe Texas
On May 2nd, 2022 a draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion was leaked to POLITICO, revealing that the Supreme Court of the United States appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. While the Supreme Court’s official opinion in Dobbs v....
Hall: Time to Reform the Texas Medical Board
While COVID exposed some serious government agency shortcomings, among the most egregious is that of the Texas Medical Board (TMB). The need for significant TMB reform is not new, and it is time to stop kicking this can down the road. It is well past time for the...
What Are We Remembering?
Let’s be honest with each other. The only thing any of us are likely to remember on Memorial Day is where the best mattress sales are happening. And we’ll count ourselves lucky if we remember to take potato salad to neighbor’s cookout. Otherwise, the last weekend in...
Neidert: My Nightmare Experience at the University of North Texas
When I transferred to the University of North Texas in the fall of 2019, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into. I transferred from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, a small, private Christian college. UNT was the total opposite of all these...
Younger: School Vouchers are Worth the Risk
Conservatives will contend over school vouchers in the next session of the Texas Legislature. Critics of vouchers worry that a "money follows the child" approach will lead to government control of homeschools. Strident critics tell us we should prefer the current...
Commentary: There Is No School Choice Without Education Freedom
In the past two years, homeschooling has increased by no less than 300 percent. Just a few years ago, more than 90 percent of all Texas students were educated in public schools. Today, one out of every eight students is homeschooled, and one out of every five is...
Dickson: Normangee Becomes 44th City in Texas to Outlaw Abortion
On Thursday, the City of Normangee, Texas (population 778), became the 44th city in Texas (and the 50th city in the United States) to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion. The passage of the measure also made Normangee the fifth city to have outlawed abortion in Leon...