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UT Austin Post Attacks Veteran ‘Bro Culture’ on Veterans Day
“Ultramasculine” and “misogynistic” were terms used to describe the military culture.
Parents Win Wrongful Removal Case Against CPS, Bring Daughter Home
CPS accused the parents of abuse and removed their daughter for nine months.
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Texas Tech College of Education Teaches ‘Equity’ Course
A previously suspended Texas Tech professor teaches the class.
Gov. Abbott Tells Universities to Freeze Tuition
“I will ensure college affordability remains a top priority for the state as we head into the next legislative session,” wrote Abbott.
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How Much More of the Erdners’ Family Budget Should Government Take?
Today's Statesman profiles Todd and Michele Erdner's extraordinary measures to control rising grocery bills for their 7 kids, who Michelle home schools. Is government helping? Consider that the Erdners' can't recall the last time they ordered pizza for delivery and...
So Long, Senator
One piece of bad political news this date: State Senator Kyle Janek is leaving public office. While rumored for some time, it's a shame to see. Dr. Janek has been a good friend to the conservative movement, a reliable voice of reason in an unreasonable political body,...
ISD: Lie, Cheat, Steal
North Forest Independent School District in the Houston area is nearly bankrupt, having lied about student enrollment numbers, mismanaged the taxpayers' cash, and cheated untold numbers of children out of an academic future. The response from the teacher union rep:...
San Antonio Voters to Weigh $415 Million Tax Increase
The Bexar County Commissioners Court voted earlier this month to present  San Antonio area voters with a $415 million venue tax increase measure on the May ballot. While it would fund lots of nice-sounding goodies, increased hotel and rental car taxes have been...
Illegal Or Unpopular
State Sen. John Carona gets it right in a news story, where he is quoted as saying the state's transportion agency "may well have crossed a legal threshold" when it enaged in a $9 million program to convince Texans to stop worrying and learn to love the TransTexas...
Taxpayers Got Hosed
Used to be selling your land to the government was a break-even proposition -- you got what the government valued it at, or else. But the Austin City Council is much more progressive than that since, after all, it's not their money. In looking to build a new water...
Running For Nothing
Never has a better small-government campaign been mounted than the one in Kerr County for the position of treasurer. Republican Ed Hamilton says that if he's elected, he won't do a single thing -- he won't even take the $46,000-per-year paycheck. Hamilton says the...
A Tax On Bad Math Skills
Remember being told that the Lottery would solve our education finance woes? Yep, that was a good one. Now the same band that brought us the state monopoly on games-of-chance want us to feel guilty that the poor and uneducated play the Lottery, and especially the...
Keeping The Budget Responsible
State Rep. John Otto of Dayton has it right: "Everything we do in Texas with regard to public policy starts and stops with the budget." Too few people in or out of the Legislature understand that, which is why its good to know Otto has been tapped to find ways to...