NEWS

Parker Plays Politics with Petitions
After the ongoing and predictably divisive battle surrounding Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (ERO), one...

The Criminalization of Politics
There is a dangerous trend in the United States toward the criminalization of politics, and it is infecting...

A Modest Proposal for Bill Powers’ Salary
The Texas Bureau of Watchdog.org is at it again, this time breaking the news that former University of Texas...

They Tried to Do it Here
While the speech regulators in Wisconsin resorted to SWAT teams and pre-dawn paramilitary-style raids,...

No Honest Denials of the Depth of UT Admissions Scandal
We now know that a number of politicians, including Texas House Speaker Joe Straus and former Senator Kay...

Will Texas Legislators Protect Organ-Trafficking Abortionists Next Session?
Over the past few weeks Texans have been horrified by gruesome revelations concerning Planned Parenthood...

Ethics Commission’s Future Foreshadowed in Wisconsin
After years of legal battles, First Amendment advocates in Wisconsin have scored a big win and it...

Houston’s Funny Numbers
At this point many people in and around the Bayou City have come to the same conclusion—Houston’s broke....

JPS Bond Backed by Empty Promises
Tarrant County officials led by County Judge Glen Whitley are colluding with JPS insiders to ram through a...

Major Media Fails to Grasp Meaning of Perry Victory
News broke last Friday that Gov. Rick Perry had scored a “partial” victory at the Austin Court of Appeals...

‘Ethics’ Agency Attacks Texas Homeschoolers, Protects Democrats
At their most recent meeting, the commissioners of the Texas Ethics Commission voted to fine the Texas Home...

Sue Brannon: A Midland Legacy
“God has blessed me and I want to give back to Midland and to Texas the blessings that I’ve received. I want to pass on the Goodness.”