Conservatives shouldn’t hesitate to ask regulators and liberal advocates now pointing the finger at uncertainty where they were this time last year when the future of those payments was equally uncertain.
Those who strongly oppose the Affordable Care Act but believe in state rights should support another state’s choice to have Obamacare within its state borders.
The best available science today shows that the species is not endangered: the warbler was either listed in error or has recovered since listing. The ESA’s purpose in terms of the golden-cheeked warbler has been accomplished, and Texas private property owners should not longer be burdened by further, unwarranted federal regulation.
It has been said that what is taught in the classroom in this generation will be practiced in the legislature in the next. Bottom line: If free speech is lost on our campuses, it will shortly thereafter be lost in our politics.
No matter whether you view your physician as a federal employee, a robot, a computer program, an indentured servant, or a slave, the answer to the title question is no: your doctor is not free in the practice of medicine for your best interest.
Over the weekend, the Austin American-Statesman revealed that Capital Metro will soon roll out a new app-based ride hailing service called Pickup that will be provided to some Austinites free of charge, at least for the first 12 months. The service will allow people living within a 12-square mile section of Northwest Austin to hail...
Congress should consider all of the consequences before enacting a border adjustment tax, particular if it taxes reinsurance. The cost of such a tax could be significant for Texas, for Texans, and for the national economy as a whole.
Before we dismantle the energy systems that have vastly improved human welfare over the last two centuries, the American people deserve an alternative energy future that leverages American resources to protect real environmental quality, to enhance human well-being and to make the world a safer place.
This commentary originally appeared in Forbes on June 31, 2017. The public school district in Austin, Texas has seen declining student enrollments for years. Austin, America’s 11th-largest city is also one of the nation’s fastest growing, adding some 25,000 residents annually. Losing students in this environment is remarkable. Officials at the Austin Independent School District...
Austin ISD would be well-advised to drop its public-relations program and instead redouble its efforts to improve its educational offering to students.
There may be another opportunity to right this terrible wrong soon, and if the opportunity arises, you can bet that there’ll be plenty of Texans there to insist that it’s time to end forced annexation.
This commentary originally appeared in Forbes on May 30, 2017. President Trump’s first budget has been submitted to Congress. It would enact a number of changes in higher education policy: eliminating the taxpayer subsidy for low-income students’ loan interest payments while enrolled in school; raising the limit on borrowers’ payments under the Income-Driven Repayment program...