Never letting a crisis go to waste, the left responded to the horrific deaths of American citizens —including children — in Mexico by calling for gun control here. Writing in the New York Times earlier this month, Ioan Grillo said the best way to disarm Mexican criminal cartels is by disarming Americans. “Last year, 70 percent of...
Throughout the Democratic presidential primary process, candidate after candidate has promised voters the moon. Long on aspirations — and short on details of how to pay for them — the debates so far are a contest of who could out-promise whom. All the high-profile proposals, especially Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, would...
If a man is from Texas, he’ll tell you, Chicago Journalist John Gunther once wrote. If he’s not, why embarrass him by asking? It’s true that Texans are plain-spoken. And for years, Texas taxpayers have told their lawmakers that property taxes are just too high, and getting higher at an unsustainable pace. And we have...
On Friday, Pope Francis met with a group of energy and investment executives to make an appeal for carbon pricing and a “radical energy transition” to renewable energy to address the “undeniable reality of the climate crisis.” The meeting is part of a multiyear dialogue organized by the University of Notre Dame and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral...
President Trump has announced a set of immigration reforms, many of which have merit. Even he acknowledges there’s little chance that Congress will act on them at least until after the 2020 elections. Yet the crisis at our border continues, as even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now acknowledges. But there’s also a crisis of trust – trust in our...
Texans are famous for their independence. But it appears there’s at least one thing the vast majority agree on: government should not be spending Texans’ hard-earned tax dollars on lobbyists. According to a survey of registered voters in Texas from WPA Intelligence, 91% oppose using tax dollars to fund lobbyists, with 80% saying they strongly...
Pope Francis has intruded into American politics again, riffing critically on border walls and capitalism. Once again, serious Catholics, including me, are dismayed by the holy father’s ignorance on the issue. Francis’ remarks— especially his comment that “those who build walls will become prisoners of the walls they put up”—reveals an incomplete understanding of the crisis....
The following remarks from Kevin Roberts, Ph.D. are posted as they were prepared for delivery. Welcome, everyone. I’m Kevin Roberts, Executive Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Thank you to Senator Mike Lee for hosting us today. Thank you to President Trump – and also Jared Kushner – for leadership that brought us to this...
Families in some part of the state are paying less than $2 per gallon of gas — just in time for holiday travel. It may seem a small matter, but those are real savings for Texas families. We ought to be thankful in the little things as well as the big things, in the unexpected...
As Satchel Paige famously said, “Don’t look back — something might be gaining on you.” That’s a lesson Texas should take to heart in its upcoming legislative session. Its low-tax policies have made it the nation’s jobs engine for years, but other states are catching on — and maybe even catching up. Texas will need...
“The best lack all conviction, While the worst are full of passionate intensity.” – William Butler Yeats This week, Americans will celebrate our independence from Britain—and, if our patriotism hasn’t been sabotaged by revisionist history — all the good that America has done since 1776. But lurking amid our backyard festivities will be a much more...
Here’s an interesting fact about the Doobie Brothers. When the band first formed in 1970, “the Doobie Brothers” was never supposed to be the permanent name – just something to go by until they thought of something better. But nothing better came along, so their name was made permanent with their 1971 self-titled album. They...