The sudden energy crisis unfolding across Europe and Asia has taken many by surprise. With continued ripple effects from the COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented supply chain interruptions already causing havoc in economies around the world, how could yet another crisis have happened so quickly? How could 21st Century power plants run out of fuel? How...
Eleven-year-old Eva Riha shifted under the false floor of the delivery truck as, inches away, Soviet soldiers bayonetted the vegetable crates above her. She and her family were escaping across the southern border of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Eva and her family left everything behind to escape the menace of communism, eventually ending up in the United States to pursue their...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set Halloween as the deadline for passing multiple reckless budget increases. The latest new framework announced recently by President Biden has a claimed cost of $1.75 trillion ($1.85 trillion when you include $100 billion for “immigration”). That number may sound frightful, but the monster under the mask is ghastlier—the real figure...
It started with the nonrenewal of Chapter 313 during the 87th Texas Legislature, which signaled concerns from a broadening coalition about government—in that case school districts—picking winners and losers by granting property tax breaks to select businesses. Now it seems hesitation is growing at the local level to handing out property tax breaks under Chapter...
Today, after nearly three months of taking input from electric market participants, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) is now past the midway point of a lightning-fast effort (by the PUC’s historical standards) to come up with a market redesign plan by the end of this year. The open meeting held last week and...
Gas prices in many parts of the country today look like high GPA numbers. People are angry that a gallon of gas costs more dollars than they have cylinders in their car. Do not expect any answers from the White House, however; “I don’t have a near-term answer,” said President Joe Biden at a recent...
The southern border is being overrun by human traffickers, drug smugglers and others who want to do harm to our country. While the humanitarian tragedy grips the headlines, the unprecedented level of dangerous drugs flooding the border is already doing considerable damage. The threat is existential, but Texas is stepping up as the current administration...
Since 1920, Texas’ economy has been hindered by a little-known protectionist law called the Jones Act. In fact, Wayne Christian, the current chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas, noted in a 2018 letter that this act hurts Texas and the nation and should be reevaluated. At a time when energy prices are soaring and...
Like a young, beautiful, intelligent woman depressed by an altogether unattractive dating pool of men around her, Lady Columbia should be lowering her expectations with President Biden at the helm. Not only have three separate op-eds in the Washington Post made that case, but now even the White House has as well. Empty store shelves and never-ending coronavirus...
This November, Texas voters will be asked to make up their minds about 8 constitutional amendments that cover a wide range of issues, including: religious freedom, running for office, property taxes, and more. Here’s a little more detail on each. Proposition 1 (HJR 143): The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of...
Recent events in response to COVID-19 expose the illegal and immoral practice of medicine. By law, only licensed clinical physicians can practice medicine. Particularly, only physicians or specially trained nurses can perform triage, often a life-or-death decision. With a large increase in symptomatic COVID-19 cases in certain locales, there are insufficient numbers of hospital beds...
Today, dedicated platforms search dozens of airlines for destinations and prices and allow consumers accessibility to their results even as conveniently as from their personal phone. A few clicks puts consumers in control. They decide the airline, the destination and what they’ll spend. It wasn’t always this way. And that’s why it’s a good lesson...