Fear is being used as a weapon by climate activists. Currently, there is a very loud narrative that climate change is a crisis that can only be solved with renewables and decarbonization, but like most things, it’s more complicated than that. As in too many assumed crises, the government has put its hand on the...
Republicans in both the House and the Senate have recently released a slew of new legislation focused on reforming higher education. In the Senate, Republicans announced the Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act, which itself comprises a bundle of five bills. The College Transparency Act (CTA) is a bipartisan bill that aims to remove the student unit record...
The focus of parental choice has, rightly, been on parents and students. Students and parents—especially those without the means to move to better school districts, the luck to get into a charter school, or the ability to cut a check to a private school—are the ones who stand benefit the most from education savings accounts....
The corporate media never lets facts get in the way of a good story. Consider the hubbub around House Bill 2127, or the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, as the latest evidence of this. In spite of the new law not even taking effect until Sept. 1, media outlets are already churning out hyperbolic headlines, presumably...
Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ anti-DEI Bill into law on June 14, which should close down so-called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices on every Texas university campus. But according to Valerie Sansone, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Texas at San Antonio, efforts are already underway to defy the law....
Last week, Chinese organized crime groups were found working with the Mexican cartels in a global money laundering scheme. But while the White House, Beijing and Mexico City continue to trade accusations, officials in Texas — which has the nation’s longest border with Mexico — are taking real steps to address the problem. Chinese involvement in the...
Lost in Joe Rogan’s challenge to Baylor College of Medicine professor Dr. Peter Hotez to debate the COVID-19 vaccine debacle with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a striking truth about America today: We’re desperate for discourse. The left no longer even tries to defend its positions; it now relies on shutting down debate, silencing those who disagree...
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan on Friday. The administration was attempting to forgive $10,000 of student loans for borrowers making less than $125,000, and $20,000 for those that had received a Pell grant. The alleged authority for this action was a 20-year-old law that allows the Secretary...
My grandfather was always a frugal man. He went to college on the G.I. Bill, he never owned a large house and he never drove a luxury car. By living under his means and investing wisely, he was able to build impressive wealth. As the years went on, he decided to move closer to his...
A compelling collection of stories by Jason Buch tells a gripping tale about embezzled money stolen from Mexican taxpayers making its way through a Texas bank and ultimately into extravagant assets such as real estate, cars, and various luxury items. Buch’s investigative reporting begins by delving into the life of Luis Carlos Castillo Cervantes, also...
Are the actions in Cuba routine or might China be planning a national security threat to the US? In the past few days, the Biden administration admitted that the People’s Republic of China had reactivated the Soviet Union’s old Cold War intelligence post at Lourdes, in Cuba. This revelation was soon followed by an even bigger concern:...
The Biden administration plans to release new gainful employment regulations. The regulations would terminate federal financial aid for some programs where graduates do not earn more than high school graduates or where the students take on excessive debt, as determined by two debt-to-income tests. My previous list of pros and cons still holds, but having had more...