Commentary
City of Clarendon Rejects Ordinance Outlawing Abortion and Abortion Trafficking
The outcome of the unanimous 3-0 vote against the ordinance was a surprise to many.
Y’All Answered: Target the Cartel Leadership?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Two Years Later: A Prosper ISD Mom’s Story
Eileen Riverside won’t let school board trustees get away with the notion that “no one is at fault” in the now two-year-old sex abuse scandal and cover-up.
Identity Politics Has Destroyed the Bonds of American Society
Urgent action is necessary now!
Commentary Archive
Huffines: Texans Need Outsiders Like Shelley Luther in Austin
The political class has a way of rallying around its own. As a Texas state senator in Austin, I quickly learned the first rule for newly elected members was to never expose the bad actions of your colleagues or to hold them accountable to their campaign promises. Most...
Not Worse, But Not Better
To believe the handwringing social media posts I scroll past every day, this is the worst presidential election in history. We’re told that our Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves. Whatever other cultural decay we have experienced, a bipartisan...
Hall: 25% Tyranny Is Still Tyranny
Today, the Texas government reiterated its newly found disdain for liberty and justice when they proudly announced their vision for re-opening Texas. This is not enough. Texans do not want incremental liberty and freedom. Texans want and deserve liberty and freedom in...
Miller: Why Would American Ag Ever Go Back?
As a new vocational agriculture teacher in the small Texas town of Gustine, I had the pleasure of teaching our state’s future agriculture leaders about the joys—and occasional discomforts—of agriculture. I reminded my young students that while the agriculture industry...
Rios: Rockport Pushes Through $14.72M in ‘Tax Notes’ Without Voter Input
On Monday, August 31, the mayor of Rockport, Patrick Rios, pushed through $14.72 million in “emergency” tax notes, claiming building a new city hall is an emergency. This went against citizens who demanded a vote on the large debt proposal. In a surprise move, Mayor...
Cobern: 9/11 Reminds Us of American Unity
If you were an adult on September 11, 2001, chances are good that you remember exactly where you were that morning. You remember the sweet blue of the sky wherever you were in the country when you knew that in New York City and Washington D.C. and a field in...
What We Do Tomorrow
We were waiting for the movers to come on September 11, 2001. My wife and I were sitting on the front porch, sipping coffee, excited to be heading back to Texas. Our townhouse was a couple of miles from the Pentagon. In retrospect, we heard the crash. We remember...
Greer: Soros Messing With Texas Elections?
Texas district attorneys are supposed to be on the front lines, investigating and prosecuting election fraud. Unfortunately, in too many cases, these political animals are derelict in their duties and might be using their power to enable election interference. Are...
Ellis: A Polling Comparison
With a plethora of presidential polls being released every week providing sometimes radically diverse results, it is often difficult to draw a clear picture of where the electorate is heading. The conventional wisdom and preponderance of polling trends suggest that...