Cameron Abrams is a policy analyst for Next Generation Texas at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Tabor College, Cameron completed a master’s degree from University of the Pacific. In his free time, you will find him either reading or training for an endurance running event.
The entire Iran war debate can really boil down to one question: What are we doing there? Our elected officials have offered scattered opinions while leaks to the mainstream and alternative media continue to paint contradictory assumptions regarding the how—and who encouraged America to jump into yet another maelstrom in the Middle East. The picture...
There is still a lot we don’t know about America’s bombing of Iran. What does a “preemptive” strike really mean? Is it a “regime change” war or the bombing just happened to cause a change in regime? What role did allied and regional governments, including Israel and the Gulf states, play in encouraging, shaping, or...
The virality of “looksmaxxing” by Kick-streamer Clavicular has escaped into mainstream culture. And with it, the vitalist-aesthetic has infected our world. You can be “healthmaxxing” by choosing a whole foods diet. The Department of War wants its soldiers to be “lethalitymaxxing.” Did you make a popular side dish for the Super Bowl Party? That’s called...
Empty phrases routinely populate our politics. But ever so often, there are irrefutable moments where rhetoric is wielded as a weapon to be used in animating hostility. “The day the Latino, African American, Asian and other communities realize that they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning because we are the majority...
There are wars in the Middle East. Future battles with China. Covert missions in Latin America. And Elon Musk wants to build a Mars colony. All of these require one, simple biological necessity: human beings. Unfortunately, Americans are fat. And the obesity problem with our children has only ballooned. To protect our sovereignty, secure our...
The “national shutdown” to get “ICE out of everywhere!” descended on major metropolitan cities last week. In all 50 states, more than 1,000 organizations joined together to engage in 300 “actions” — “this was just the beginning,” the website warns. These are not new. “No Kings” rallies, Ukraine war supporters, and pro-Palestine protestors have become...
The inaugural Austin Union event, back in March 2024, featured a debate on the question: Is the United States Constitution broken? Later that evening, University of Austin (UATX) hosted A Conversation on Free Speech, Civil Discourse & Debate in a Healthy Democracy, featuring former ACLU president Nadine Strossen and then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
For lawmakers, parents, and students across the Lone Star State, the direction of public education remains a fraught issue. Many continue to voice concerns about administrative bloat, curriculum choices, palatial facilities, and misspending of every type. In this vein, a new controversy may be on the verge of erupting involving Independent School Districts (ISDs) and...
Islamist influence in Texas remains a real and ongoing concern. For more than a decade, money has continued to flow through the state from non-profits, non-governmental organizations (NGO), disaster relief groups, and even from the state agencies, to push a Muslim-centric ideology. It was just last year that Gov. Greg Abbott issued the proclamation to...
So, now we know what happened — or do we? Last week, on the streets of suburban Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed, a 37-year-old woman. What was planned as the “largest immigration operation ever” was derailed in mere seconds. Renee Nicole Good was driving a dark grey Honda Pilot,...
Foreign intervention, for many millennials like myself, has the taste of bitter fruit. Just the phrase passing our lips is going to produce turned-up noses followed by talking points about how many of our overseas adventures failed. I am one of those fist clenchers — at least I thought I was. Still, coming to “trust...