Commentary
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.
Pro-life Advocates Protested GOP’s New Stance on Abortion Outside the RNC
It was the first time in four decades the GOP platform failed to include language supporting federal protection for unborn children.
If you wish to submit a commentary to Texas Scorecard for possible publication, it must be no longer than 800 words. Please send it to:![Submission [at] TexasScorecard.com](https://b2161369.smushcdn.com/2161369/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-08-at-3.41.57 pm-300x24.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1){kind=small}
Commentary Archive
Commentary: Church Security Bill Has Saved Countless Lives
The West Freeway Church of Christ shooting was the very thing I had hoped would never happen but knew that—in the current cultural climate—it was only a matter of time. This is why I worked so diligently, alongside former State Rep. Matt Rinaldi, to see the Church...
Of Legacies And Impacts
It doesn’t look like much today, but the archeological site Tel Sheva was kind of a big deal. It was at the center of much of the narrative in the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Its name then was Be’er Sheva. Most translations render the name as “Beer-sheba.” It’s in the...
Commentary: New House Census Projections
The Census Bureau just released their new population growth estimates for the 12-month period between July 1, 2018 and July 1, 2019. Their data allows us to assess just which states will likely gain and lose congressional districts in 2020 reapportionment, both in...
New Year’s Resolutions
Dear Reader, I want to share with you our New Year’s Resolutions at Empower Texans. Communications experts say you should never repeat an accusation that is made against you. I hold to that as a good practice, but let me this one time repeat the accusation many in the...
O Little Town?
Can I admit Bethlehem has been my least favorite place to visit in Israel? It’s dirty and run by the Palestinian Authority. It didn’t feel safe. Standing in Bethlehem the first time, I couldn’t help but think there had to be a hundred of better places for the Messiah...
Commentary: Texas is a Less Business-Friendly Environment Than You Might Think. It’s Time to Fix That.
Texas is the largest and perhaps the nation’s most iconic conservative state. Cowboy culture, gun-totin’ ranchers, top-notch barbecue, evangelical megachurches—in the minds of many Americans outside the Lone Star State, this is what the thought of Texas conjures up in...
Commentary: Congress is Giving Taxpayers a 2,000-Page, $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill for Christmas
In a month full of holiday traditions, Washington is in the midst of its favorite: intentionally waiting to pass major spending legislation until the very end of the year, creating a false panic, and then dumping a 2,000-page, trillion-dollar behemoth onto...
Commentary: Austin City Council is Bleeding Us Dry
Austin Mayor Steve Adler and the current Austin City Council members are the worst things to happen to this city since I moved here in the early '80s. First of all, they increase our property taxes at the highest rate allowed by law every single year. Just in the last...
Fields Of Hope
One doesn’t usually get excited about an empty field. Now, the idea of what might go there can – a crop if you are a farmer, a new residential development or office park if you are a contractor. But an empty field? Not chance. We just drive by without a second glance....