Since the protests at Columbia University, pro-Palestinian student organizations at universities including The University of Texas system have been organizing campus-wide peaceful protests due to...
Opinion: Texas Oil & Gas Can Lead in Methane Reduction
Energy has been intertwined with my hometown of Houston’s infrastructure for decades. Providing jobs and immense economic growth throughout the city, the industry has allowed Houston to establish...
By Andreas Cantu | Mar 1, 2024
Opinion: Medical Liberty on the GOP Ballot
Much attention is being paid to the multitude of contentious Texas Legislative races this Primary season, but what many Republican voters do not know is that there will also be thirteen crucial...
Opinion: Three Trends That Will Shape Business in 2024
2023 was a dynamic year for businesses across all sectors. Artificial intelligence (AI) went from a novel technology to a more widely utilized business productivity tool. Many companies invested...
Opinion: Washington Must Act Now to Save America’s High-Tech Future
Microchips, microchips, microchips… These days, almost everything we use in our daily lives is controlled by tiny integrated circuits. They’re the miniature brains in our cellphones, satellites,...
Opinion: A Black Dallas School Teacher Opened the Door to Fluoride’s History
A Dallas African American school teacher opened the door to a dark, hidden history. It is the history of secret human experiments by the government, universities and industry during World War 2 and...
By Tom Nolan | Feb 26, 2024
Opinion: ACLU Attacks Local Texas School Dress Codes
ACLU Attacks Local Texas School Dress Codes; Newest Front in War on Normal The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently released a study absurdly named, “Dressed to Express: How Dress Codes...
By John Petree | Feb 24, 2024
Opinion: What’s More Important Than Keeping Kids Safe?
“Crowded enough in here for you?” My colleague, Ms. Gardner, grimaced as we stood elbow-to-elbow with around 60 high school students in a cramped classroom, which usually only holds half that...
Opinion: Texas Keeps Falling Behind Without School Choice
National School Choice Week was last month, a time when all states should be celebrating the educational freedom they provide to teachers, parents, and, most of all, students. Sadly, only about 20%...
By Vance Ginn | Feb 22, 2024
Opinion: Reject Judicial Activism, Vote Schenck, Parker, & Finley
Activist judges have hijacked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas voters have an opportunity this March to take it back. That’s the short summary of what’s at stake in this election and why...
Opinion: Dallas Can Make Housing Affordable Again
Home “owners” in Dallas and surrounding cities find themselves grappling with the weight of unaffordability as property taxes soar, increasing by $120 million despite the touted cuts at the end of...
By Vance Ginn | Feb 20, 2024
Opinion: Does Genetically Modified Equate to Safe?
If you had to guess, how many food additives, like preservatives or dyes are banned by the FDA? If you guessed less than 20, you are right! How many do you think are banned by the European Union?...
Opinion: Vote Yes on Prop 7
Fellow Texans, When you show up to the polls for the March 5th Republican primary, I urge you to cast your vote for the strongest conservative in every race. I also urge you to vote “Yes” on...
By Mark Dorazio | Feb 6, 2024
Opinion: Broken Windows Theory on Steroids
When Rudy Giuliani became Mayor of NYC 3 decades ago, he and his Police Commissioner, William Bratton, applied the criminological theory known as “broken windows.” It states that the signs of...
By Bob Weir | Feb 2, 2024
Opinion: I Hate Tom Brady
William Faulkner once claimed he wanted his tombstone to read simply, “He wrote the books and died.” Such gracious ability to be judged by one’s body of work is all too often lacking. Recently Tom...
Opinion: Misguided Energy Policy Could Sink America’s Manufacturing Renaissance
An extraordinary but little noticed economic phenomenon is occurring across the United States today. Electricity demand—which has been relatively stable for more than a decade—is suddenly surging....
Opinion: The State of Safety in Dallas? Unpardonable
The population of Dallas has devolved from largely responsible individuals to those who are downright uncivilized, and many have further disintegrated into those who are just plain violent. Take,...
By Mike Stapell | Jan 13, 2024
Opinion: Please Help, God Bless: Solving the Homeless Problem
In almost every area of this city, there is a person at a stop light holding a “please help” sign. We often worry about what will be done with the money we give, such as will it be used to buy drugs...
By Bob Sweeney | Jan 12, 2024
Liberty Report: Texas Public Education Is Not a Political Football
For reflective Americans, the end of the year is a time for assessment. It’s a period when our accounts, personal and public, are due. For one group in particular—the American professional...
Opinion: How CFPB’s Proposed Rule Endangers Texas Business Credit and Prosperity
What seems like a good idea in the halls of a Washington, D.C. government bureaucracy doesn’t always translate well in the real world or the private sector. The latest example comes from the...
By Glenn Hamer | Jan 2, 2024
Opinion: Bigots Are Pathetic Losers!
As we witness what appears to be another attempt to exterminate Jews, one has to ask the question: “What makes Jews so hated?” The answer probably is that many people, especially those with a poor...
By Bob Weir | Dec 30, 2023