Commentary
Keller ISD, ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’
“Education was once the transmission of a culture across generations, now it is the overturning of a culture”.
Special Education Parents, Do Not Take ‘No’ For an Answer
I know firsthand how parents can place their trust in their school, only to discover that they are in an adversarial relationship.
Y’All Answered: Shutting Up Conservatives?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Does ‘Red County’ Mean What it Used To?
Texas school board votes to deny an election and appoint a trustee to fill vacancy in closed meeting.
Commentary Archive
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...
North Texas Restaurant Providing Supplies and Free Meals
Amid the national coronavirus outbreak and economic loss, one North Texas restaurant is stepping in to provide for numerous needs in their local community. Duncanville’s Mudhook Bar and Kitchen, which just opened in November, has responded swiftly to the hard times by...
Commentary: Early Clues
The Senate Majority PAC, one of the chief advocacy entities for Democratic candidates, has reserved media time totaling $69.2 million from August through the election, as reported on the Daily Kos Elections website yesterday. The expenditures provide us some clues...
Woman Organizes Local Community to Find and Deliver Supplies During Crisis
As Texans across the state band together during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, one woman in the South Texas town of San Diego saw a community need and found a way to fill it. Alissa Oritz, also known by many as “Nikki,” is a stay-at-home mom who has always enjoyed...
Coronavirus Stimulus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus relief package and sent it to the president. What initially began as a bill designed to help the workers and families hurt by job loss or disruption caused by government measures to...
Dwayne Collins: Serving Faithfully for 50 Years
For decades, Dwayne Collins has served his community, state, and country in a variety of roles—college trustee, volunteer firefighter, border watcher, and tea party founder, to name a few—so he can leave a brighter future for his children and grandchildren and make a...
The Congressional Debacle Passing as ‘Relief’
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday morning is scheduled to vote on the $2.2 trillion bill that represents, to date, Congress’s largest effort to remedy the devastating economic impacts of the coronavirus epidemic. The bill is expected to pass. The story of...