Energy & Environment

The sun is stronger than our electric grid — and we are defenseless against it

The Carrington Event literally shocked telegraph operators. A repeat could shock an entire civilization into the pre-industrial age. Imagine being a telegraph operator in September 1859. You’re sitting at your station, using cutting-edge technology to tap out messages hundreds and thousands of miles away. Suddenly, brilliant auroras light up the night sky from the tropics...

February 9, 2026

K-12 Education

Mind the Body

There are wars in the Middle East. Future battles with China. Covert missions in Latin America. And Elon Musk wants to build a Mars colony. All of these require one, simple biological necessity: human beings. Unfortunately, Americans are fat. And the obesity problem with our children has only ballooned. To protect our sovereignty, secure our...

February 9, 2026

Family

Put a Ring on It!

“If he likes it, then he should put a ring on it.” Those words, delivered with Pop Princess authority by Beyoncé, are now backed by mountains of social science, not just catchy hooks. As we celebrate National Marriage Week (Feb. 7–14), we should reflect not only on the romantic symbolism of marriage but on what...

February 9, 2026

Other

Winners & Losers: The Only Relevant Question

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. With the Super Bowl looming on Sunday and Texas’ primary election less than a month away, here’s who made the list: WINNER: Compared to What? Monday looked like the start of a...

February 6, 2026

Border Security

Selective Enforcement Is Not Security, It’s Surrender

Nations do not collapse overnight. They erode when leaders start deciding which laws are optional. It shows the American people that if immigration law only applies when it’s politically convenient, then it isn’t law—it’s theater. Maria Salazar, a Republican congresswoman from Florida recently said, “Don’t touch the nannies or the gardeners… Those people are helping...

February 6, 2026

Health Care

TrumpRx is a Game-Changer, Texas Can Go Even Further

President Trump’s TrumpRx initiative is a game-changer in the fight to lower prescription drug prices for everyday Americans. For far too long, prescription medication costs have been obscenely high, not because of the true cost of research and manufacturing, but because of a tangled web of insurance plans, middlemen, and opaque price-setting that enriches gatekeepers...

February 6, 2026

K-12 Education

A Bible-Shaped Hole in our Children’s Learning

Do you tell the young people in your life to follow The Golden Rule? Have you been urged to “turn the other cheek” instead of harming someone who has harmed you? Or maybe Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” is your favorite song, but you’re not sure where that hard line about “the valley of the shadow of...

February 5, 2026

K-12 Education

Signing Up for Educational Freedom is Easy

Like all parents, my wife and I consider the formation of our children as one of our primary responsibilities. With two in college and two in elementary school, we’ve worked multiple jobs and sacrificed for more than 15 years (and will continue for the next 12) to send our kids to Catholic classical schools. The...

February 4, 2026

Border Security

Immigration and the Moral Limits of Federalism

Lincoln’s natural rights statesmanship should be our guide. If Hayek taught us to inquire about who ought to decide and Lincoln taught us to ask to what end, then the question of immigration compels us toward a third and inescapable question: Where is the line drawn? The principles of subsidiarity and federalism demand that matters should be resolved...

February 4, 2026

Election Integrity

Nicki Minaj Is Right. We Need Voter ID.

Rapper Nicki Minaj took to X on Sunday to show her support for voter ID laws, questioning why our country continues to debate whether citizens should present an ID to vote. Her post struck a chord with me because it underscores a common-sense principle for every voter: our democracy only works when citizens can trust our election...

February 4, 2026

Higher Education

Texas A&M is Right to End Women and Gender Studies

Some professors at Texas A&M have issued a letter expressing outrage over the recent decision to eliminate the women’s and gender studies degree programs. Revving up the dramatics, faculty who run the program warn that the university is dismantling this degree track at a “moment of incendiary dispute across cultural, social, and political difference on...

February 3, 2026

Criminal Justice

A Major Win for Trafficking Survivors and a Chance to Do More

The recent signing of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA) into law by President Donald Trump marks a historic victory for justice and a significant step forward in our national approach to rehabilitation. For too long, survivors of human trafficking have been trapped in a cruel legal paradox: forced or coerced by their exploiters to commit non-violent...

February 3, 2026