Most of the past forty-eight hours have been spent either in, or en route to and from, the Midland-Odessa region. Far out in west Texas’s Permian Basin, the two cities — towns, really — have a relationship that I still can’t quite unpack. On my last visit, which turned out to be the first time...
America’s elite institutions of higher education have long remained the home of “woke” ideologies and divisive concepts which most Americans would rebuff. For this tiny fraction of those teaching and being educated at our nation’s elite colleges, the prevailing factors used to describe any type of racial disparities, whether it be in health care, education,...
Twenty-one states rung in the New Year by raising their minimum wage, to as high as $15 per hour in California, thinking it will benefit employees in those states. But the minimum wage does the opposite of helping workers, especially for those who need it. Fortunately, 20 states, including Texas, haven’t raised theirs in more...
Since the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 states started or extended school choice programs. Sadly, Texas is not one of them. While the Lone Star State is one of the country’s economically freest, it lags others in important areas, including parental control over children’s education. That must change. The 2023 legislative session presents...
Consider Sinaloa. If you don’t know Sinaloa, you ought to know it is physically beautiful and possesses a rich local culture. It is also a historic and current epicenter of cartel activity: the homeland of the infamous “El Chapo.” He is now a permanent guest of the United States government at a maximum-security prison in Florence, Colorado,...
Green, But Not With Envy What to know: Europe has some energy lessons for America—namely, that green political agendas inevitably lead to higher fuel and electricity prices for consumers. The TPPF take: The Green New Deal (tucked inside the reconciliation bill) would make life harder for millions of Americans. “Low-income households—which represent nearly 44 percent...
High Anxiety What to know: A new survey says that 56% of young people worldwide think “humanity is doomed” by climate change, and 75% say the future is “frightening.” The TPPF take: Parents can counter eco-anxiety with facts and hope. “Saddling our next generation of leaders with the burden of fatalistic pessimism is wrong for...
This Is Getting Misérable. What to know: Food prices continue to skyrocket; bread, vegetable oils and meat are at their highest prices (relative to household incomes) since the 1970s. The TPPF take: Inflation is a hidden tax on all of us. “Inflation is much worse than Washington seems willing to admit,” says TPPF’s E.J. Antoni....
The border crisis is a humanitarian crisis. Violence in countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras has created a mass migration, creating more demand for human traffickers whose empty promises and exorbitant fees drive and direct the flow of migrants to the border. Human trafficking has become a multi-billion dollar business, trapping thousands into...
Val Verde County is like a lot of South Texas counties: sparsely populated, rugged, dry, and vast. It’s also ground zero for the border crisis. What we learned on a recent trip — talking with the sheriff, talking with Border Patrol officers and veterans, and most of all talking to the men and women who...
June 2021 southern border encounters were the highest since March 2000. If the Biden Administration won’t act, Texas must. More on the Border Crisis: https://thecannononline.com/commentaries/?issues=immigration *source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
America’s elite institutions of higher education have long remained the home of “woke” ideologies and divisive concepts which most Americans would rebuff. For this tiny fraction of those teaching and being educated at our nation’s elite colleges, the prevailing factors used to describe any type of racial disparities, whether it be in health care, education,...
If the public had been largely unaware of the pervasiveness of critical race theory in America’s public schools, the shock waves of Virginia’s election have made sure people, particularly parents, are now paying attention. The Texas Legislature joined several other states and passed an anti-CRT bill earlier this year. To fight back, proponents of the...