Even as educrats continue to tell us critical race theory isn’t taught in K-12 classrooms, two news stories from different parts of the country demonstrate that this divisive and destructive philosophy is already undermining the educations of far too many U.S. children. In Atlanta, a Black mother was horrified to learn her daughter was shunted...
Let’s call it the Salton Principle: Renaming a product may make marketing easier, but it doesn’t fundamentally change the product. Who would buy a Salton Grill? We didn’t—and neither did you. But when it was rebranded as the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, the little countertop grill showed up in homes (and dorm...
With the unfounded claims of Texas Democrats growing more and more bizarre, it’s time to set the record straight on Senate Bill 1—legislation that will make it easier to vote, but harder to cheat in Texas. I’m proud to have helped lead the effort to restore confidence in our election system. And that’s what SB...
Republicans in Washington may not have much credibility in criticizing the profligacy of congressional Democrats and the Biden administration, given how much the federal debt increased when the GOP was in power. Yet, in a moment that calls for responsible budgeting at every level of government, Republicans who hold power in many state capitals across the country do. That’s...
President Joe Biden followed his raft of heavy-handed climate executive orders by announcing his loftiest goal yet: slashing U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in half by the end of the decade. Biden’s ambitious climate fantasy is doomed to fail—not only failing to reach his emissions target but also failing utterly to have the slightest effect on climate change. The best solution...
When the novel coronavirus first began to spread, the news was abuzz with predictions of mass infections overwhelming hospitals, and dizzying death tolls. We were told COVID-19 would kill millions in the United States alone, with carnage rivaling post-apocalyptic pandemic blockbusters, and dying patients would be left on the streets. We hoarded toilet paper and canned goods...
You’d think the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would know better than to mess with Texas. But a planned wind turbine facility in West Texas owned by a Chinese entity with links to the CCP exposes just how vulnerable our electric grid is to national and cybersecurity threats. Legislation filed in Texas to ban power plants owned by hostile nations...
If the gas shortages plaguing the Southeast left you high and dry last week, then buckle up. This is just a taste of our future under President Joe Biden’s energy policies. Though these shortages were largely driven by panic buying rather than actual supply constraints due to the Colonial Pipeline hack, they demonstrate just how much energy—something the average...
Is a criminal conspiracy going on in plain sight? Major banks and investment firms are conspiring with radical environmentalists to deny lending and investments to fossil fuel companies—jeopardizing our economy, energy future, and the rule of law. A new white paper from Ambassador C. Boyden Grey for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Life:Powered project exposes, for the...
Amid the seemingly endless debate over infrastructure proposals, Congress passed a resolution that’ll have significant negative consequences for U.S. oil and gas production. Using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), Congress reversed the Trump administration’s changes to regulations of methane—also called natural gas—from production wells and pipelines. The use of the CRA means that the Obama-era methane rule...
Violent crime is mounting in America. Many reasons—excuses, mostly—have been proffered for this: COVID-19 lockdowns, unemployment, the Defund the Police movement and its budgetary fruits, largely tolerated urban looting and rioting, police reluctance to enforce the law in high-crime areas for fear of being accused of civil rights violations, and soft-on-crime leftist prosecutors. The ramifications...
In July, the University of Houston Medical School announced a bold new program—it will open a direct primary care clinic on the campus of Memorial Herman Southwest Hospital. The new DPC facility—aimed at low-income Houston residents—is to be the first in a network of such clinics. Low-income and uninsured Texans stand to benefit from this...