Commentary
Y’All Answered: Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Your Community?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Are Texas Schools Providing Students a Solid Educational Foundation?
The purpose of our locally controlled public education system is to nurture and develop leaders in our exceptional nation.
Y’All Answered: Ready for (College) Football?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Commentary Archive
Francis: State of Fear
In 2004, I read a book that saved me from a miserable life of addiction and dependence. The dark road began when I was in college during the Gulf War. If I can save one person from traveling the difficult road I was on, publicly revealing this will have been worth it....
Brian Bledsoe: A Voice of Truth
Texas truck driver Brian Bledsoe never expected to start his own podcast or even walk through a journey in politics, but one thing has become certain: Regardless of what he’s doing, Brian will be speaking clarity and truth into the confusion of our society. Brian was...
Joy For The World
Few songs capture the spirit of the season for me like Isaac Watts’ 1719 hymn “Joy to the World.” The song, like the Gospels in the New Testament, joyfully denies us the chance to fixate solely on that birth in Bethlehem. Not long ago I found myself in Bethlehem,...
Analysis: Senate District 30 Is A Runoff That Shouldn’t Have Happened
The runoff election taking place in SD 30 should not be happening. When the seat became vacant, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his political advisors engineered a foolproof election calendar designed for an establishment, lobby-favored candidate to win easily. Except it...
Make It Professional
Politicians like to make politics personal, because inflamed indignation allows them to skirt past serious questions about their representative performance. As citizens, it is up to us to keep it professional. Let me state that again. Politicians, despite their...
Francis: Theory vs. Reality
We were all taught in school how government works. At least, that was the goal. I think it might be more accurate to say we were taught how government is supposed to work. The unfortunate truth is that the theory and the reality bear little resemblance to one another....
Ellis: Texas Data
Today we turn our attention to voting statistics from the Lone Star State of Texas, a particularly interesting domain for the coming redistricting process. Estimates project that Texas will gain three congressional districts from reapportionment, which should become...
West: An Attorney’s (and Working Parent’s) 2020 Holiday Legal Wish List
As the end of 2020 approaches and I check my daughter’s wish list for Santa (apparently Crocs are back in style), I have a few declarations and “wants” of my own for the big red guy. 1. The government is not invited to our family gatherings. The government is not...
Bovard: Section 230 Protects Big Tech From Lawsuits. But It Was Never Supposed to Be Bulletproof.
Despite President Donald Trump's threat to veto the National Defense Authorization Act, the Senate voted Friday with a veto-proof majority to pass the sweeping defense bill. Trump's veto threat contains several issues the president wants to see addressed, but among...