Commentary
Y’All Answered: Killers and Would-Be Killers
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Dallas Suburb Outlaws Abortion Trafficking, Becomes 53rd Texas City to Outlaw Abortion
Ovilla is the 70th city in the nation to pass an ordinance prohibiting abortion.
Y’All Answered: What to do with Republicans Who Ditch the Caucus Nominee?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Commentary Archive
Dickson: Plainview Citizens Begin Process to Force Public Vote Outlawing Abortion
Since November 15th, 2019 residents throughout the City of Plainview (pop. 22,343) have expressed interest in seeing their city pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits. When the first member of their community showed interest in this...
Dickson: Lindale Citizens Begin Process to Force Public Vote Outlawing Abortion
Two years ago, on January 7, 2020, citizens of the City of Lindale (pop. 6,730) approached their conservative East Texas city council with a simple ask: outlaw abortion in Lindale, Texas. Citizens returned before their city council on January 21 and February 4, and...
Sanctuary Year for the Unborn: 22 Cities Throughout Texas Outlawed Abortion in 2021
Since June of 2019, 43 cities in the United States have passed ordinances outlawing abortion within their city limits. This year alone, 26 cities across the United States have outlawed abortion—22 of those cities are in the Lone Star State. The 22 cities in Texas that...
Committed to the Fight
On TV, a murder is solved within two commercial breaks. At the movies, a galaxy-spanning war can be resolved in under an hour. Even when we read real accounts of great movements, everything is neatly contained between two covers and around 500 pages. Yet when visiting...
Real Joy in the World
If one can get past the inflatable snowmen, tinsel, and wrapped presents, Christmas’ focus is on a baby in a manger. Yet even that is just a meager sign pointing us to the destination of a joy that lasts not for a season, but eternity. The coming of the Messiah was...
Biden: The Nights of Winter
From the desk of Joe Biden… ‘Twas the night of the "winter of illness and death." My voters were too scared to take even a breath. Wherever you went, all through the land, Blue State creatures were masked, as was my command. The coffins were stacked on the front...
Liberty Is Enough
There is an unfortunate tendency to present liberty as a means to the end of economic prosperity. We too often hear about liberty as if it is good for what comes out of it, rather than what it is. By turning liberty into just another cog in the machinery of generating...
Dickson: Slaton Becomes 39th City in Texas to Outlaw Abortion
On Monday, the City of Slaton (pop. 6,235) became the 39th city in the state of Texas, and the 43rd in America, to pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits. Located 17 miles southeast of Lubbock, Slaton is the second largest city in...
Doing What You Can
In the fight for the future of our republic, everyone can do something. Ahead of Texas Scorecard’s annual Conservative Leader Awards dinner this year, someone asked me what our theme was for the evening. Fortunately, the team always comes up with a theme to help drive...