The Supreme Court provided a massive win for religious freedom on Tuesday, ruling that Maine cannot discriminate against religious schools when it provides money to parents for children to attend private schools. This is just the latest win for empowering parents—and not the state—to decide the type of education that their children will receive. But...
American households are under pressure like never before. Thanks to spendthrift politicians in Washington D.C. and unelected central bankers prone to mistakes, the average American is paying more for food, gas, rent, and clothing. In fact, it’s estimated that “the average US household is now paying $450 more per month for the same goods as...
You’ve got to say this for the Austin City Council—it’s persistent. In the face of a skyrocketing murder rate, an affordability crisis crippling its service economy, and a public transportation boondoggle, the council is persistent in protecting its citizens from things like the potential harm of hair discrimination. In June, the council passed the “Creating a Respectful and Open...
“The Gestapo are outside again,” one said. “What are they doing this time?” came the reply “Counting the windows, again.” This sort of discussion was also not uncommon in my grandmother’s house as she and her family lived under Nazi occupation in Telch, Czechoslovakia. While the Gestapo were constantly on the prowl for Jews, which...
The United States has reached a grim milestone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , nearly 108,000 Americans fatally overdosed on drugs in 2021 — a 15% increase over 2020. This death toll tells only part of the story. For each overdose fatality, a family is left picking up the pieces, experiencing grief, and trying to...
Prescription drugs are the difference between life and death for millions of Americans each day, yet their costs are far too often unaffordable. Heavily influencing these prices are Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). These are the third-party middlemen who negotiate prescription drug rates with pharmaceutical manufacturers on behalf of insurance companies. Earlier this month, the Federal...
TYLER—Victor Zillmer keeps the prices on his fresh berries, vegetables and jams as low as he can—but lately, he’s having to raise those prices more and more. It’s all due to two closely related costs: diesel fuel and fertilizer. On this warm June morning, he’s driven into Tyler from nearby Lindale with a truck full...
Former federal prosecutor Brett Tolman said Friday on “Fox & Friends First” Attorney General Merrick Garland should resign if the Justice Department is not going to enforce laws to protect Supreme Court justices. “It is playing with fire,” he said. “And the attorney general right now should either resign or enforce the law impartially. And that includes enforcing...
There’s something conspicuously absent from State Board of Education member Aicha Davis’s warmed-over critique of charter schools—the voices of the thousands of Texas families who are on waiting lists to get into them. Throughout this summer, families throughout the state will desperately await phone calls and emails informing them that a seat has opened up,...
As there seems to be a national day for almost everything, including peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, our readers may be wondering, does every national day apply to Life:Powered? Our answer is “probably, yes.” You see, energy affects everything that we do. Without it, I would have probably slept through my alarm, not have had...
We are a nation in crisis. It’s not a gun crisis or even a mental health crisis. It’s a crisis of fatherlessness. Each time we see such senseless violence unfold as the devastating shooting that made the small town of Uvalde a household name, we cry anew for policy solutions. But almost every such attack...
The Harris County Commissioners Court is considering whether to put a $1 billion bond measure on the November ballot to fund a variety of public safety, transportation, and flood control initiatives. This comes on the heels of the Court passing a $2.5 billion bond in 2018 for flood control, and an $850 million bond in...