Commentary
Y’All Answered: Follow Title IX?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Y’All Answered: Continue Funding Ukraine?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Amarillo City Council Receives ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn’ Initiative Petition Signatures; Mayor Entertains Alternative Ordinance
The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance, if not passed by the City Council, could go before voters in the November 2024 election.
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Commentary: How We Defeated a Bond, but Not Without Grief
Reeves County in West Texas is where I call home. I proudly serve as a precinct chair for our local Republican Party, working to bring our conservative values into practice in our booming little ranching and energy industry-dominated community. Fighting for...
Commentary: The Genius of Trump’s Terrorist Designation for Mexican Cartels
President Trump last week signaled his intention to designate the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTO). In doing so, he takes the most aggressive step yet toward addressing the brutal violence that plagues Mexico and is fueling a migrant...
Commentary: 230 BILLION Barrels of Oil in West Texas?
The day after I was elected to the Railroad Commission of Texas, it was announced that the largest find of oil and natural gas in history was assessed in West Texas. In the three years since that announcement, projected totals for this find have continued to grow....
Commentary: Super Tuesday Senate Primaries
Super Tuesday is scheduled for March 3, and while the national focus will be on the 14 states and one territory whose electorates will vote in the Democratic presidential nomination contest, important Senate primaries will also be occurring in four states. Five places...
Forward In Forgiveness
It’s nice to have someone make you breakfast; one of those little things that mean more than words can express. Now imagine how the Apostle Peter must have felt when he saw someone on that beach along the Sea of Galilee making breakfast for him that morning 2,000...
Commentary: Why I Can’t Support Jared Patterson for Re-Election
I have been a loyal donor and supporter of State Rep. Jared Patterson (R–Frisco) since he first ran for state representative in 2014. Unfortunately, his performance in his first session this past spring revealed that he wasn’t prepared for the pressure that comes from...
Commentary: A DACA Ruling Won’t Solve the DACA Dilemma
The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard highly anticipated arguments in the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s decision to end the (DACA) program. President Barack Obama created the program by executive action in 2012 after Congress refused to pass the Dream Act,...
Commentary: Liberty Is the Goal
Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Chairman Poncho Nevarez (D–Eagle Pass) were by far the two biggest blocks to constitutional carry in the Texas House this past session. It looks like neither one of them is coming back. Bonnen is leaving after being disgraced by his, well,...
The Tireless Minority
The American patriot Sam Adams once wrote, “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.” That statement echos a basic truth we find repeated throughout scripture: when we are with God,...