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Haynes: Why Does the Left Want to Cancel Our Culture?

Despite public anger over our history being wiped out, lawmakers from both parties continue to dismantle our nation’s culture to appease the woke crowd. Allowing it to continue unchecked has America teetering on the edge of a cliff overlooking hell. Changing the...

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Blain: Mayors Gone Wild

Across the country, curfews are being implemented, stricter limitations on businesses are being rolled out, and travel restrictions are back into effect, but an odd phenomenon is growing by the day: Elected officials are caught not abiding by the rules they set for...

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Texas’ Real Leaders

Few things are more tiresome than the backslapping, end-of-year honors politicians and their sycophants bestow on themselves. It’s even worse in a Republic built on the revolutionary notion of self-governance. Here, the citizens are the leaders... or, at least, we’re...

Heffington: Pastors Must Speak Up

Many pastors have been silenced by a church member’s charge to “keep politics out of the church and her pulpit.” Have you ever wondered how such an idea made its way inside the walls of the church? Who benefits most from a pastor’s silence in the face of the great...

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Kuykendall: The Rest of the Story on Sex Ed in Texas

I grew up listening to Paul Harvey host his daily radio program "The Rest of the Story." Mr. Harvey was known for sharing untold stories of often-misunderstood events in U.S. history. I am compelled here to do the same, following the November 20 final vote on sex...

Francis: Forced Sharing Isn’t Sharing, It’s Socialism

When my kids were little, it was common to observe other parents telling their children they must share their toys with other children. Without a doubt, parents who do this have good intentions. They want their children to be kind and generous. I think the practice...

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Garcia & Retta: The Latino Vote in Texas

With the dust still settling, President Trump did surprisingly well among Latino voters in Texas, winning 41 percent. “Analysts” tell us the reasons include a late Biden ground game and the Democrats being smeared as socialists. But is the conventional wisdom correct?...

Francis: Stopping the Manipulation of the Culture War

The entire time I was growing up, I sat through sermons and alternate sermons in church about the evils of TV and movies. I had a visceral reaction to it every time. I was hoping my parents weren’t swayed because I didn’t want them to take away my entertainment. By...

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Giving Thanks for Liberty

We think we know the story of Thanksgiving: the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, faced a harsh winter, famine and disease, and then only with the help of friendly natives learned how to survive. It’s nice for bedtime stories, and feel-good paintings, but it ignores...