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
Huffines: Texas Must Stop Releasing Illegal Aliens
Each month brings a dangerous new record of illegal immigration to our southern border. While much of the blame lies with President Joe Biden, an appreciable amount of it also lies with the waffling and ineffective policies of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Under Abbott,...
Real People, Holding Firm
Almost by definition, the stories of great battles are the stories of soldiers specifically trained to carry out the art and science of war. With the balm of time and physical distance, the horror of a battle is sanitized by telling ourselves that – even when the...
Pratt: Warped Use of COVID ‘Relief’ and Definition of Distance Learning at Odessa College
Is buying a new high-tech Steinway Spirio player piano for a junior college, with your tax dollars, an appropriate use of the federal CARES Act Emergency Relief slush fund? I’ve had a piano in my home for all but a handful of years. My mother plays piano. I took many...
Pratt: Republican-drawn Political Districts Are Most Always Branded as Racist, and It’s a Big Catch-22
“GOP lawmakers swear new Texas redistricting maps are 'race blind,' as they did a decade ago,” was a recent Hearst newspapers headline. The story quotes the head of the Texas Senate’s redistricting effort, Senator Joan Huffman, as saying: “We drew these maps race...
Sullivan: How I’m Voting
Since being adopted in 1876, the Texas Constitution has been amended 507 times. If it seems Texans do more “amending” than most states, it is because our state’s Constitution requires voter approval for changing aspects of state law that elsewhere is left up to the...
Analysis: Real People Are Hurting
Most Tuesday mornings, the Texas Minute—our weekday email publication—includes the One-Click Survey. It’s almost always a question about policy or politics, oftentimes tinged with a bit of humor. We ask readers to not only “click” an answer, but to then reply with...
Pikl: Can Private Employers Legally Mandate a Medical Treatment?
We are currently experiencing situations where private employers are “mandating” injections of COVID-19 treatments as a condition to continued employment. Some employees—many of whom have obviously done so against their better judgment—have elected to have the...
Haynes: Why State Bans & Flipping School Boards Won’t Stop Critical Race Theory
My recent Texas Scorecard article noted that the American Rescue Plan 2021, with $12.4 billion in ESSER grants to Texas for reopening schools, requires a minimum of 20 percent spent on social and emotional learning that includes critical race theory. Solutions to stop...
Praying For The Wrong People
Are we praying for the wrong people? In a word: yes. We hear this segment of a prayer all the time: Someone will have asked us to bow our heads and join them in praying, and at some point – particularly at church or a political gathering – will come the inevitable,...