Editor’s Note: This is the latest part of a series on rural Texas and the challenges that rural Texans face. Over the next year, the Associated News Service will delve into the issues facing the Lone Star State’s 177 (out of 254) rural counties. SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas — Katie Koon says she didn’t stand a...
Kyiv has slashed Russian fuel processing capacity by a third, matching two years of Allied strategic bombing in weeks. Russian missiles and Iranian-supplied drones continue to slam into Ukrainian hospitals and apartment blocks with regularity. These are not precision strikes aimed at military targets; they are clumsy, often wildly inaccurate terror attacks designed to break the will...
Across the state, a collection of terror networks and their Islamist partners are using US politicians, institutions and nonprofit infrastructure to advance violent, radical ambitions. In 2022, Yasin Malik, the leader of a Kashmiri group declared by a US federal appeals court as a terrorist organisation involved in killings, bombings and kidnappings, was sentenced by an Indian...
As we observe the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the question has been raised whether our experiment in self-government still merits our celebration—or our condemnation. I find myself having to republish a rebuttal to this claim every July 4, because every July 4 brings a new call to no longer celebrate the Fourth....
I recently had to explain Apple Pay to my parents. They love it now, but getting there required patience, repetition and a fair amount of starting over. We ended the way those sessions usually end, with them saying: “That’s so easy, I had no idea it was so simple.” The thing is, it was not...
Home Prices What to know: Illegal immigration drove up housing prices, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas says in a draft report. The TPPF take: There’s no mystery here; millions more people means millions fewer affordable homes. “Housing markets are governed by the same economic principles as every other market,” says TPPF’s John Bonura. “When millions of additional people enter...
Higher Ed Indoctrination What to know: The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is suing Texas Tech over rules restricting how controversial subjects are taught. The leftist group claims that the new rules are causing teachers to “self-censor.” The TPPF take: Texas is working to contain the ideological indoctrination that has contaminated the culture on most university campuses. “For...
It’s Not About the Money What to know: New York City spent nearly $40 billion on government schools—or $36,293 per student—in fiscal year 2024 and yet, “More than 400K New York City children [are] enrolled in failing public schools.” The lesson here is that more spending does not mean better outcomes. The TPPF take: New York’s disastrous example should...
The EPA’s 2025 decision to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding is being called one of the largest deregulatory actions in US history. But what exactly is the Endangerment Finding, and why do supporters say this change matters for American families and businesses? In this Fast Facts breakdown, we explain the 16-year history of greenhouse gas...
Since it has been unable to pass new gun restrictions through the legislative process, President Biden’s Administration is intentionally ignoring and misinterpreting well-established law to shut down lawfully operating gun dealers. TPPF Senior Attorney Matt Miller breaks down how this backdoor scheme works and explains TPPF’s lawsuit to restore Americans’ legal right to purchase firearms.
Illegal activity that harms the U.S. is coming from Mexico in much the same way as it does from other corrupt individuals in other countries the U.S. currently sanctions. Texas should compile a list of corrupt Mexican elites and request the federal government to deny them entry to the U.S. or revoke their visas. Read...
Even though I’ve taken off from my Winners & Losers newsletter this summer, I still join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin Friday mornings at 8:30 a.m. to announce the week’s list. You can listen live here every week or download the broadcast anytime by clicking here. This week I...
June is here and Pride Month is back—but it’s not all rainbows and parades like it used to be. For years, Americans were told that so-called Pride events were all about tolerance and equal treatment, something we should celebrate like the Fourth of July. Ultimately it didn’t sell. Pride celebrations have become inextricably linked to...
Democrats and the progressive left continue to lambast the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais to strike down the Bayou State’s second majority-Black congressional district as a racial gerrymander. Democrat leaders have used vicious and ugly attacks to pronounce the decision as racist and insist that it guts the Voting Rights Act (VRA). In...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. This week, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finally admitted that the human race is not close to extinction after all, so we are good to go for Memorial Day Weekend....