Not many years before Texas A&M University was founded by the Legislature in 1871, then-U.S. Sen. Sam Houston remarked, “I will say, without vaunting, that Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from whatever source it may.” But what if Texas imports its oppression—on purpose? That’s what environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s public declaration of invasion at the Texas-Mexico border is a step in the right direction — for both Texas and the nation. The governor has rooted his assessment and consequent orders to Texas military and law enforcement in the United States Constitution’s Article I, Section 10. That passage states, in part, that...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got it right on Monday when the court heard arguments about affirmative action. “I’ve heard the word diversity quite a few times and I don’t have a clue what it means,” said Thomas during oral arguments. “It seems to mean everything for everyone.” So what does “diversity” mean to...
If the plot sounds familiar, it is. In Brian De Palma’s 1983 film “Scarface,” Cuba’s Fidel Castro emptied his prisons and mental institutions and sent his former prisoners and inmates to the U.S. as part of the Mariel Boatlift. Not surprisingly, crime skyrocketed in Miami, where a tent city was hastily erected. Refugees included serial...
UPDATE: From TheTexan.News: “State Board of Education Votes to Scrap Proposed Social Studies Standards Drafts Amid Allegations of CRT.” When we see statistics showing that almost half of younger Americans prefer socialism to capitalism, you have to wonder how they became so delusional and unaware of the opportunities and quality of life that the free enterprise system has brought to so many...
According to the left, “woke” is a right-wing myth—you know, like the current recession, the crisis at the southern U.S. border and skyrocketing violent crime rates. Nothing to see here—move along. But we mustn’t move along; the Overton Window (the ideas considered “acceptable” for public discourse) has been dragged so far left that common-sense ideas...
A University of Texas running back is driving around Austin in a Lamborghini. A Kansas State hoops star transferred to the University of Miami for $800,000—and a car. And the current recipient of the Biletnikoff Award—the top college wide receiver in the nation—left the University of Pittsburgh and is shopping around for the best deal,...
Since Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced in February that he was going to re-evaluate tenure—which prevents most college professors from being fired—the left-wing faculty elites at Texas academic institutions have gone ballistic. Lt. Gov. Patrick was responding to blowback from a University of Texas faculty committee that balked at his assertion that the Legislature would...
HIDALGO—From the actual high ground — from the bluffs overlooking the Rio Grande River — it’s hard to see how any of this makes sense. President Joe Biden’s inaction and inept policies on the southern U.S. border only increase the human carnage and suffering wrought by the Mexican drug cartels. This isn’t compassion; it’s complicity. The Texas...
By the time this is published the average gas price in Texas will have likely set a new record high. At the time of writing, it was just seven cents off the old record and had risen 60 cents from the previous week. President Joe Biden is looking for every excuse to ignore the powers he has but refuses...