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At Least they Didn’t Fire Mike Gundy for Telling the Truth

Oklahoma State University finally fired football coach Mike Gundy this week after another embarrassing defeat by the University of Tulsa. At least they didn’t fire him for telling the truth. Earlier this season, I attended an ugly match-up between the top-10 ranked Oregon Ducks who trounced the Cowboys by 66 points – the largest margin of...

September 24, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Aftershocks

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Charlie Kirk’s horrific assassination continues to produce aftershocks in Texas, America and the world. It was a week where many moved forward, finding strength, meaning and purpose in these dark times while...

September 19, 2025
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Winners & Losers: A Very Big Loss in America

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. This week, the day before the 24th anniversary of September 11, the country experienced a political assassination that will also be remembered as a day of infamy. Many are calling the murder...

September 12, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Texas Tech Wins Big — And Be Grateful You Don’t Live in NYC

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Many dreams died last week with Texas’ big loss on the opening day of college football, and the list got longer when the Second Called Special Session of the Texas Legislature adjourned...

September 5, 2025
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Winners & Losers: History Lessons, Farmers, Melania & the Longhorns

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The start of college football begins a season of hope, so with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s getting engaged, we can hope they will inspire the estimated 50% of Gen Z’s who...

August 29, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Trump’s No Apology Tour and More

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Texas House Democrats came home empty-handed, so you might say this week marks the end of an error. Here’s who made the list: WINNER: Trump’s “No Apology” Tour on the World Stage...

August 22, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Texas Dem’s Still Losing, Trump Still Winning, Patrick’s Up, Hegseth’s Down

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. While the Texas kids I know are trying to figure out how they will possibly manage being back in school without their cell phones, the first called special session has come and...

August 15, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Quorum Breaking Democrats Don’t Really Represent Texans

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. President Donald Trump completed his 200th day in office yesterday and now that we are in August, we can officially begin the countdown to college football season—Week Zero is on Aug. 23...

August 8, 2025
Higher Education

Texas Holds the Keys to Higher Ed Reform

A number of respected higher education reform leaders, led by the Manhattan Institute, recently issued a statement detailing everything that is wrong with colleges and universities today. Recounting the results of a couple of decades of institutional blight, the comprehensive list names identity politics, DEI, divisive racial quotas, and demonizing the values of Western civilization as the...

August 2, 2025
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Winners & Losers: All Over the Map

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. As we enter the month of August and finish up the second week of the first called legislative session in Texas, some things are turning out to be more special than others....

August 1, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Good Week for the Country – Bad Week for Democrat Cities

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. A year ago this week, former President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the race for president. It’s only been a year, but we are now on day 188...

July 25, 2025
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Winners & Losers: Bad Week for NPR, Teachers Are Screaming & Biden Team Still Taking the Fifth

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. As we enter the “dead of summer” with what must now be officially referred to as “the first called Special Session,” scheduled to start Monday in the Texas Capitol, here’s who made...

July 18, 2025
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