Commentary
Y’All Answered: Democrat Slurs
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
The Time for Half-Measures is Over: End Property Taxes Now!
Property taxes are the very antithesis of free market capitalism, pitting property owners against non-property owners.
Y’All Answered: Mass Deportations?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Commentary Archive
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...
Cleaning Up
We all heard it growing up from our mothers: “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Come to think of it, I’m not sure that ever properly motivated me to actually clean my room as a kid. (Sorry, mom!) Thanks to sin, none of us – like petulant children before bedtime –...
Hill: Why Texas Must End Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
It is a foundational truth of our American republic that all individuals are endowed by the Creator with the right to speak freely and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Individuals also have the right to assemble and associate with...
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...