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Having grown up in a Latino family on the border, I have always been around people who, more often than not, supported Democrats for any office. I even interned for Congressman Solomon Ortiz (D, TX-27)--a fact that I'm hesitant to mention for idealogical reasons, but...

A review of federal stimulus spending on solar energy projects in Texas finds it will be up to a century before the alleged "savings" from this so-called green technology covers what the taxpayers' paid for installation. That's assuming solar panels installed at...

When I first heard of State Senator Leticia Van de Putte's comments regarding Latinos and the GOP, my immediate instinct was to call her out on her apparent ignorance. After all, Francisco Canseco and Bill Flores made it in to runoffs in for their respective...

I figure, since I spent a lot of time dogging on Proposition 4 (the constitutional amendment last November, not the Republican primary ballot prop), readers might be interested to know that some universities have announced strategies for how they will attract the...

Predictions are that the Texas 2011 legislative session is going be ugly. Redistricting will be at the forefront of that ugliness despite comments from the DOJ that politics will be removed from the process. Equally as impotent are the claims that a moderate Speaker...

Texas’ Public Utility Commission is considering a mandate on diversification of energy production, the net effect of which will be increased costs and lower consumption. Analyst Robert Michaels at MasterResource points out that this will stifle economic growth and...