Commentary
Michael Berlanga: Love Thy Neighborhood and Protest Your Taxes
Berlanga travels the state highlighting systemic issues with the property tax system and needed reforms.
Y’All Answered: College Campus Anti-Israel Protests
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Y’All Answered: What to do with Property Taxes
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
The Problem of Abortion Trafficking in Amarillo and Beyond
The problem of abortion trafficking is not one that the City of Amarillo can ignore.
Commentary Archive
Woke Versus Winning
It has become all the rage within the woke circles of evangelicalism for “conservative” pastors to take this president to task in a way they never did with previous occupants of the White House. They focus on his style, without considering results or substance. This...
Rinaldi: The Forgotten House Speaker Race
You might not know it, but there is actually a House Speaker’s race that will conclude in less than three months. The level of interest is certainly muted compared to 2019. Perhaps this is because we are approaching one of the most important elections in history,...
Malone: Last Call for Citizen Input on Texas Gun Rights
Texans who support gun rights need to write a statement and submit it to the Texas House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety today, October 16. Here is why: Your life is valuable and worth protecting. But gun-grabbers in the Texas...
Lying With Facts?
In the economy of civics, “trust” is the only currency that counts. We all know that a flat-out lie is wrong, yet we tolerate “shading” of the truth if it serves our political purposes. It is so easy to pull honest-to-goodness facts out of their context to further our...
Ellis: The Trafalgar Effect
The Trafalgar Group is the polling firm that came to national political notoriety four years ago when they correctly predicted a Donald Trump victory in both Michigan and Pennsylvania and were the only survey research firm to do so. Since that time, they have forecast...
Sullivan: Politicians and Political Parties Are Tools, Not Idols
As I noted earlier this week, the protest at the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday was addressed by Republican Party of Texas Chairman Allen West. His comments consisted mainly of reading a resolution passed by the State Republican Executive Committee to “Open Texas...
Jackie Schlegel: Defending Parents’ Rights
Amid a time of national controversy over whether government officials can force vaccines and other health mandates on citizens and children, Texan Jackie Schlegel has long been on the front lines of protecting parental rights. After leaving Pennsylvania for Texas...
Blain: Guaranteed Income Coming to a City Near You?
A few months ago, we at Urban Reform wrote about a new coalition called "Mayors for a Guaranteed Income." At the time, the coalition consisted of 11 city mayors pledging to implement some form of a guaranteed income, and as of September 29, the coalition has grown to...
Political Corruption Is Real… And It Is Our Fault
When public corruption by government officials is alleged, everyone typically rushes to partisan corners in defense of their allies and to chastise opponents. No one will admit someone from their political team might have fallen prey to the seduction of power, and we...