Texas House Speaker Joe Straus today reportedly said the state’s budget must be balanced without new taxes, without taping the “rainy day” fund and within available revenues — that is, by limiting government. Those principles, if followed, knock the budget-ball out of the park.

Some liberal Democrats have begun calling themselves “independent,” trying to obscure their party affiliation. A handful went further, seeking to make it even easier for candidates to hide their true political predilections. Net effect? Keep voters in the dark.

With his party poised to make big gains in November, House Speaker Joe Straus has spent nearly $1 million helping vulnerable incumbent conservatives. Even though he still isn’t helping challenges to liberal incumbents, this infusion of cash could signal a different kind of Straus speakership.

One of the most damaging educational theories to come out of ‘left field’ in recent decades was the Outcome-Based-Education model.   OBE is responsible for the deterioration of academic standards in our schools, or the ‘dumbing down’ of curriculum, so that all the children can feel good about themselves, since everyone gets a ‘happy face’