You don’t need to be a cartographer to look at the county map of the 2016 presidential election to see that there is a political divide between dense urban areas and rural America. This chasm will almost certainly be on display again as the results roll in on Election Night. Media reports on criminal justice...
I have asthma. Once a month, I’d trudge to the pharmacy and plunk down a $20 copay for my Advair maintenance inhaler. I had a Preferred Provider Option (PPO) insurance plan—a beautiful 80/20 plan with unbelievably low premiums, deductibles, and copays thanks to a generous benefits package from my former employer. Now I find myself...
With the Texas economy reeling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting statewide shutdowns, economic recovery will be the top issue for the upcoming legislative session. Key to any attempt at recovery will be determining how much the state should spend. The prosperity of many Texans at stake and the Texas Legislature...
America voted. Now the results will be determined by a combination of local election officials, state officials, corrupt urban political machines, targeted mass violence, lawyers, judges, and even Congress. Added into the volatile mix will be a thoroughly partisan and untrustworthy legacy media, social media giants, and even hostile foreign powers. It is 2020, after...
We don’t yet have a vaccine for COVID-19, but there is an antidote for mistrust and misunderstandings in the justice system. What if we could improve the quality of communications between police officers and others in positions of authority — and those over whom they exercise it? Progress requires a communications paradigm that is courteous...
For elections in these tempestuous times, we must ensure that it’s easy to vote, yet hard to cheat. We must also remember that our institutions are strong, and will endure. This year commenced with the impeachment of the President. The impeachment and trial ultimately resulted in no action, yet it served to further increase partisan...
Americans want to return to work after months of joblessness due to the COVID-19 pandemic-related business closures. But too many Texans can’t—because of the industry they work in. There was some hope that this might change after Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that took effect on Oct. 14 expanded the state’s reopening plan by adding...
On Nov. 3, the future for all Americans is at stake at the ballot box, but for some children any possibility of a future outside of prison will be at stake before the Supreme Court. On Election Day, the nation’s highest court will hear arguments on the issue of juvenile sentences of life without parole....
Only a few days remain until the Nov. 3 election, and—as in many years prior—the old chestnut of “long lines” at the polling places has appeared again right on schedule. The difference this time is that many are calling any line a sign of organized “voter suppression” or the new buzzword, “systemic racism”. Viewed objectively,...
When it comes to energy policy, there was a clear loser at the last presidential debate: Joe Biden. Our next president’s energy policies will shape America’s future. Biden’s vision of expensive, scarce, and government-controlled energy – energy dependent on the whims of weather, and about as reliable as Obamacare is affordable – would spell disaster...
The LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF) in partnership with Stand Together held a conference in Akron, Ohio, which was an eye opening experience on educational innovation. The organizations operate within the framework of the Akron public school system to provide a first of its kind, complete wrap-around of support services to the students, siblings, and...
Even if we believed that “feel-good” police reform measures from the Left had the best of intentions (I do not), the fact would remain that most of its proposals are wrongheaded and dangerous. The Washington, D.C., City Council adopted measures apparently aimed at making its leftist base feel good; now, let’s see how it reacts when the...