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Dallas ISD Department Focuses on LGBTQ Youth
The department promotes the programs of outside LGBT organizations to “reaffirm” students’ sexual identity.
Fired Jacksboro ISD Teacher Arrested for ‘Improper Relationship’ With Student
Elizabeth Bondarets was a paraprofessional at Jacksboro High School until allegations arose in April.
Fort Worth ISD Refuses to Remove Lewd Book From Libraries
While FWISD has been allegedly working to remove several sexually explicit books from their school libraries, they are refusing to remove this one.
Harris County Officials Push Affirmative Action Policies
Harris County has authorized policies that encourage departments to award contracts based on race and gender rather than merit.
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Sen. Duncan plays the populist, ignorantly.
According to Lubbock’s Mudslide Media, state Senator Robert “Duncan suggested some of his fellow politicians have solicited votes in conservative parts of the state by attacking opponents as being “liberal,” rather than studying real issues. “We have dumbed down our...
Monorail Massengale and the Chamber of Boondoggles
From the “we can’t make this stuff up” file, out of Lubbock comes news that Lubbock master downtown developer Delbert McDougal is working to install a monorail. You read that correctly. A monorail. In Lubbock. We have previously written about how certain members of...
Dallas Judge Impugns Homeschoolers
The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) recently publicized an ‘unlawful’ abuse of power by a Dallas County Judge, who ordered the forcible removal of seven children from the home of a Duncanville family this past November. The decision was made in an ex-parte hearing...
Aycock & Seliger: Feeble men with big titles.
State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, with his over-the-top whining guest column in the Texas Tribune in which he yammered on about how unfair it was for conservative-leaning legislative watchdog groups to rate his brand of conservatism poorly, demonstrated himself to be...
Geren’s Pet Pig: Trinity River Slush Fund
State Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) has extensive experience promoting a wide range of reckless public policies in direct conflict with his party’s platform. Regarding federal mandates, Geren supported a budget amendment that opened the door for Medicaid...
HD83 challenger Massengale begins by dissembling
Steve Massengale is the civic cheerleader candidate for Texas House District 83. He’s challenging conservative standout, and appropriations committee member, Charles Perry in the Republican Primary. Massengale has little history being a Republican and zero history as...
Neal Adams: Tarrant County’s Moderate Puppeteer
State Rep. Jonathan Stickland didn’t toe the grow-government line this session. He voted against a bloated budget that increased session-to-session spending 26.9% and a myriad of liberal policies. That sort of leadership earned him praise from conservatives, and a...
Lubbock Establishment Runs Tax Raiser Against Rep. Charles Perry
Is the Lubbock establishment challenging conservative Rep. Charles Perry because he won't raise taxes? This spring Perry was approached by members of the Lubbock chamber of commerce connected with "Imagine Lubbock Together." They were seeking special legislation to...
Freedom’s Unlikely Enemy
The free society has many adversaries hell bent on discrediting it. The most pervasive examples are found in government institutions, political circles, academia and media outlets. Arguments against freedom are fundamentally based on the fallacy that a select group...