Commentary
Y’All Answered: Ban cell phones in the classroom?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Fighting for Texas Farmland: The Battle at Muleshoe
As Texans, we value our independence, cherish our liberties, and resist excessive government control. We know the worth of our land and the hard work that caring for it demands.
Y’All Answered: Selling Texas to China?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Texas is Not For Sale
The right to secure land and property leads to increased security, economic prosperity, and independence for American citizens, and our nation’s land should rightfully be owned by its citizens.
Commentary Archive
Norred: Joe Biden and Media Corruption
If you ever thought for a minute that the mainstream media has an ounce of integrity, the Ukraine-Biden laptop story should put an end to it. Mainstream media is demonstrating its lockstep with the Democrat party in such a blatant way that no reasonable person can see...
King: The Furor Over Herd Immunity
A group of the world’s top epidemiologists and medical researchers set off a fire storm of controversy recently by issuing what has come to be known as the Great Barrington Declaration. The declaration argues that the collateral consequences of severe...
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...