Commentary
Y’All Answered: Affirming ‘LGBTQ’ Lifestyles to be a Foster Parent?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Fighting The Battles Ourselves
Stop waiting for a politician to do your job. It is up to us to re-take our government and our culture.
Do We Really Want What We Ask For?
God wanted us to have something better than a ruler.
Canyon ISD Board to Voters: No Christian Conservatives Welcome on Our Board
The Canyon, Texas school board’s second act was to continue its anti-voter addiction and appoint a trustee that was as far as possible from deceased Trustee Paul Blake’s Christian conservative traditional values.
Commentary Archive
Rinaldi: Abbott Priority Legislation Will Give CDC COVID Guidance the Force of Law
If we have learned two things over the past year about pandemic response, it's that: (1) government restrictions don’t stop the spread of COVID-19 and, (2) clueless politicians don’t appear to grasp the first point. For five months after Florida opened completely and...
Pratt: Are Texas Republicans Being Racist in Opposing Racist Constructs?
What would you call a teaching—a theory, if you will—that labels all people as racist if they belong to a certain race or ethnic group? Is it sinful to believe and assert, for example, that all people with dark hair are less intelligent than those without, simply due...
Francis: Start Asking This Question
In one of the Sherlock Holmes novels, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote something I think is not only relevant, but is also critical to understanding Texas politics. He said, “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the...
Not Enough Fear
Fear is powerful. Improperly applied, fear can cause us to make irrational choices without thinking. Properly applied, as defined in Proverbs 9:10: “fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” A healthy fear is critical to success in all facets of life. Of course,...
West: Free Speech and Gun Rights Before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has had a busy April with several First Amendment cases. And finally, the Court ends its decade-long Second Amendment dearth and is poised to hear cases next term—but not the ones many were anticipating. As written about previously, two...
Norred: The Importance of Choosing to Be a Mom
Along with the rest of the world, I've noticed the liberal lexicon has gone full-bore 1984 in recent years with its redefinitions. The most recent newspeak is the use of "birthing person" instead of "mother"—as though a man could be a birthing person. People who use...
Faithfully Fighting
When most of us hear the name “Magdala,” if we think of anything we might possibly connect this city’s name with the New Testament’s Mary the Magdalene – which is just a fancier way of saying “Mary of Magdala.” But the ruins of this ancient city, tells us a lot about...
McIntire: Stop Bill Targeting Parental Right to Record
House Bill 135 seems like a bill that was designed to help parents who are being investigated for child abuse or neglect. However, in this bill, Child Protective Services caseworkers would be required to notify an alleged perpetrator of their right to only record...
Mike Giles: Rooted in Local Activism
McKinney resident Mike Giles hasn’t always been a Texan, or a grassroots activist, but for more than a decade he’s been quietly involved in leading conservatives in Collin County to engage in politics—especially at the local level. Mike grew up in Florida but came to...