Commentary
Analysis: They Had Time
House members now claim they did not have time to pass conservative legislation.
Y’All Answered: Mandating the STAAR?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
House To Abbott: Won’t Pass Choice Without A Payoff
Texas House pushes funding for systems, not students, in a deliberate attack on Greg Abbott’s special session agenda.
Y’All Answered: Election Security?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Commentary Archive
Commentary: Hot Texas Summer Could Mean High Electricity Costs
With summer right around the corner, Texans better be ready to empty their pockets to pay extra for electricity. According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), energy use from windfarm-generated electricity is now tied with electricity from coal...
Commentary: Coronavirus and the Politicizing of Vaccine Research
During these surreal times, the strength and resiliency of Americans in every sector shines. The working mother who has adjusted to a new normal, juggling working from home while unexpectedly becoming a homeschool teacher. The manufacturing worker who takes life one...
Blog: Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
We are several weeks into the crisis caused by the spread of the Chinese coronavirus and the governmental response. Gov. Greg Abbott and local officials across the state have issued various proclamations aimed at combating the virus. Some of these proclamations claim...
Commentary: Governor Abbott, I Am Shocked.
Governor Abbott, I have concluded reviewing your Executive Order GA-14 and am shocked. It is hard to believe you instituted this Executive Order given the statistics so far. The problems of New York City are not the problems of Texas. No city in Texas is like New York...
Commentary: Layoffs Anyway?!
The ink is barely dry on the $2.2 trillion congressional relief package and companies who received funding in the bill—which is designed to help keep people employed—have begun announcing layoffs, anyway. On March 27, United Airlines announced that, despite taking...
Commentary: A Small-Business Owner’s Open Letter to Gov. Abbott
Dear Governor Abbott, I share with you the goals expressed in your executive order, but I am concerned that in the understandable haste to get it issued, insufficient thought was given to the need to keep as much business activity going as possible. There are many...
Rule of Law
History is replete with examples of judicial abuse and executive power exercised unjustly. Even in our own Republic, where we say the “law is king,” we find horrible miscarriages of justice. Yet none in history was more consequential than the trial and execution of...
Commentary: An Open Letter to Texas Department of Family and Protective Services on COVID-19
March 27, 2020 Jaime Masters, Commissioner Texas Department of Family and Protective Services P.O. Box 149030 Austin, TX 78714-9030 Via electronic mail Re: Recommendations for Protecting the Rights of Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic Dear Commissioner...
Commentary: Texans Being Denied Their Right to Carry?
While walking to your car, a man lunges at you and demands your wallet. What do you do? In Texas, if you have a License to Carry, you can draw your handgun to deter the assailant and protect yourself. If you don’t have your government permission slip, you must hand...