Commentary
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!
Y’All Answered: Abolish Austin?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Michael Berlanga: Love Thy Neighborhood and Protest Your Taxes
Berlanga travels the state highlighting systemic issues with the property tax system and needed reforms.
Commentary Archive
The Army You Need
It’s been said that you go to war with the army you have, not necessarily the army you think you need or want. In the battles of everyday life, we can always point to the things we don’t have that would make life easier. But would they? As a self-governing people, we...
Sullivan: Is Aggieland Tilting Left?
Texas A&M was once considered a conservative institution – perhaps one of the last bastions of traditional values in higher education. In recent years, it has shifted left – if not yet as wildly as the University of Texas. CampusReform.org reports on the latest...
Coronavirus Mandate Stories: ‘There Are Worse Things Than Dying’
A family had the only help for their special-needs child ripped away by a government mandate issued in response to the Chinese coronavirus. Exhausted by the round-the-clock care she shoulders, a Texas mother pleads for help to pressure Gov. Greg Abbott to restore her...
Cahn: Leftist Austin Journalist Attempts Maoist Defenestration of … Local Mommy Blogger?
Last week, a reporter for Austin’s most progressive media organization launched a sexist broadside against local mothers and sex trafficking survivors. Yes, you read that correctly. The Austin Mom’s Blog is ... exactly what it sounds like: an apolitical group blog...
We Are Texas Scorecard!
Friends have told me the predominate rumor around the Capitol this summer has been that Empower Texans is going away. Of course, that rumor – often spoken as a hopeful prayer by establishment politicians – has existed almost since we began! Let me first thank you for...
Sticks and Stones
As rejoinders to bullies go, the old rhyme about “sticks and stones” being more physically harmful than words is true on its face, but fails the test of civil engagement for a self-governing people. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!”...
Kecseg: Did Abbott’s ‘Tax Relief’ Reduce School Property Taxes?
Gov. Greg Abbott’s property tax relief plan was largely a failure—unless you consider paying a bigger tax bill “relief.” Texans now have hard data by which they can judge Republican’s so-called “historic” accomplishment of 2019—House Bill 3. Some lawmakers, such as...
Coronavirus Mandate Stories: ‘Isolation Is a Killer as Much as Any Virus’
A mandate issued by Gov. Greg Abbott has kept a West Texas woman from being with her husband for over 136 days. Both are elderly with life-threatening issues, and she hopes to be with him again while they’re still alive. If a recent statewide decision doesn’t allow...
Kathy Ponce: Former Californian Fighting to Keep Texas Red
When conservative activist Kathy Ponce left her native California for Texas, she wasted no time jumping into local politics to make sure the failed policies she fled wouldn’t take hold in her new home. Kathy moved to Maypearl, Texas—a small town in Ellis County, just...