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SBOE represents voters, not gov. officials

"Let's hear more from Perry on SBOE" was the headline in a column by Jason Embry in the Austin-American Statesman. My question is: Why? Why has, normally reliable-to-be-sane Jason Embry, now caved in to the left-wing empty rhetoric that has always been present about...

Obama’s Race To The Bottom

In refusing to participate in the Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" program earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is simultaneously standing up for our rights under the U.S. Constitution while ensuring our kids have a chance to really be at the top. What...

Course Management

Schools around Texas once again find themselves in the troughs of the summer budget writing process. Before the bell tolls in September some districts will be tapping reserve funds and making cuts others will try to raise taxes. School districts, much like our state...

Racing Away With Your Money

How do you feel about being an "investor" in Formula One racing? Doesn't really matter; the state of Texas went ahead and took your money in an attempt to get the London-based organization to authorize a race in Austin. If this sounds like just another excuse for...

Bill White: Excluding Military Voters, But Welcoming Illegals?

Few things are more sacred in America, or empowering as individuals, than our vote. For some strange political calculus, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White has aggressively opposed voting rights for those serving in the military. Yet at the same time, he...

Once More To The Polls

For some lucky voters, the 2010 election season refuses to take a break. With primaries, run-offs, municipal elections, municipal run-offs, special elections and run-offs, some folks will be voting more in six months than many will do in several years. It doesn't get...

If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

It might come as a surprise to some, but I have a tendency to read the opinions espoused by those on the left on various websites. It isn't because I like to laugh at how ridiculous they sound at times or because I get a kick out of their extremely weak arguments...

Don’t Take the ObamaCare Bait

Texans are the most fiercely independent people in the country and if they can bribe and fool us they can bribe and fool anyone. Enter the Kaiser Foundation, founded by George Kaiser, a campaign contribution bundler for Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. They’re...