KINGSVILLE—The story of Texas is a story of adaption and resilience. The only alternative, really, is death. Nowhere is that more clear than here on the iconic King Ranch, with its 825,000 acres of inhospitality, patches of impassible scrub, and a dry vastness that calls for every ounce of Texas grit and ingenuity to overcome....
The shutdown recession from February to April 2020 was devastating, and the costly effects of the policy errors since then have been large and long-lasting. There must be a return to the dignity and permanent value of work instead of dependency on government from Washington’s big-government agenda and mandates related to COVID-19. The U.S. labor...
This week, the nation woke to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court was considering overturning the controversial 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade. Despite the leaked opinion only being a draft and not final, the left is apoplectic, arguing that this is an assault on women’s rights and the end of democracy. Of all...
Part 4: Moral Problems With Student Loan Forgiveness Student loan forgiveness also suffers from a variety of moral problems. Forgiveness Pursued for the Explicit Purpose of Benefiting Certain Sexes or Races Is Wrong Many advocates for student loan forgiveness are explicit that a main motivation for them is the argument that forgiveness would disproportionately benefit...
Part 3: Economic Problems With Student Loan Forgiveness Student loan forgiveness also suffers from several economic problems. Forgiveness Is Expensive and Has a High Opportunity Cost The first economic problem with student loan forgiveness is that it is expensive, using vast sums of money that could be used for more pressing needs. Current and former...
Part 2: Educational Problems With Student Loan Forgiveness The next category of problems with student loan forgiveness focuses on the educational problems it would create or exacerbate. As noted above, most students borrow reasonable amounts that they can repay. But some students do have unaffordable student loan debt. Yet this problematic debt is a symptom....
Part 1: Logical and Rhetorical Problems With Student Loan Forgiveness We begin with the logical and rhetorical problems of student loan forgiveness. Advocates Overstate the Problem The first logical problem is that loan forgiveness proponents overstate the problem. To start with, not all college students take out student loans. In fact, most undergraduate students do...
KINGSVILLE—King Ranch is so iconic that it gets regular nods from the television hit “Yellowstone.” “Look at the King Ranch down in Texas …” patriarch John Dutton says in one episode. “They made such a name for themselves you can buy a damn truck with their brand on the seat.” And that’s true; the King...
I’m old enough to have heard the term “latchkey kid” as a child. I grew up in a house where I would often walk home from school to an empty house, finish my homework, shoot hoops with the neighbor kids, and then return home to join my family for dinner. This is something of a...
Gilroy, a town of 57,000 people in Northern California, is the southernmost city in the San Francisco Bay area. It’s long been known for its garlic crop. At certain times of the year, a drive through the area will bear aromatic witness to that fact — so much so that the town became well known...
As a Texan, watching Florida excel in defending families, faith and freedom is a little like watching a cross-town rival team advance to the state championship. That rivalry is set aside; we’re all on the same side now. Texas has done its part, of course—in the last legislative session, the Lone Star State improved election...
Calls from the left and the media to repeal the updated rules for mail-in ballots are predictable. They opposed requiring photo voter identification to vote too. The attack on the reforms to mail-in ballot rules defy the data—and common sense. First, the numbers. Opponents of the new law highlight that over 12% of mail-in ballots...