Election Integrity

Troubled History, Troubling Choices: Passaic County’s Failed Election Safeguards

When voters cast their ballots, they should be confident those votes are handled with care, not hidden behind closed doors. Yet in Passaic County, New Jersey, election officials are doing the opposite. The county’s Board of Elections has reportedly blocked the installation of security cameras in ballot storage areas and refused to require a sign-in or sign-out...

October 22, 2025

Economy

Leftists Overwhelm Small Farm With Death Threats For Hosting Conservative Think Tank

If Austin’s farm fiasco teaches us anything, it’s that the left’s words aren’t harmless — they’re harbingers of dehumanization and violence. In my Oct. 2 article for The Federalist, I detailed a chilling 2,500 percent spike in indexed internet content pairing “Trump” with “fascist” over the past 10 years, with the biggest surge happening since mid-2024. This...

October 21, 2025

Economy

Winners & Losers: Peacemaker, Icebreakers & Ballot Bans 

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Wooley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. In a week marked by an historic peace accord in the Middle East and Portland, Oregon’s naked bike ride to protest the National Guard in their city, here’s who made the list: WINNER:...

October 17, 2025

K-12 Education

Teaching the Teachers

What are we teaching the teachers? “During my time in the master’s program at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, we were taught to teach children,” writes my colleague Kate Bierly, “But first, we were taught to dismantle ‘harmful’ stereotypes and to teach our students to see the world through the lens of the ‘oppressed.’” “Every...

October 17, 2025

K-12 Education

Meet the Leftist Organization That’s Been Influencing Texas History Courses

Great news! The State Board of Education voted this September to teach students history in grades 3-8. You would think that Texas schools are teaching history now, but, sadly, you would be mistaken: the current Texas framework only contains two years of actual history content in Kindergarten through 8th grade. One would think that a...

October 14, 2025

Other

Winners & Losers: Giving Peace a Chance

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Wooley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The government is still shut down and members of the military won’t be getting their paychecks next week, but in case you were worried, the members of Congress (the same people who won’t...

October 10, 2025

Local Government

Should Austin Get a Raise?

Austin is just one of a handful of cities across Texas trying to raise taxes on already overburdened taxpayers, but it represents perhaps the most egregious example of a city that doesn’t deserve it. The property tax increase included in its $6.3 billion budget for 2026 is so high that it requires voter approval this...

October 9, 2025

Local Government

Is Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying an Even Bigger Problem than We Know?

Is taxpayer-funded lobbying a bigger problem than many Texans suspect? It certainly seems so based on one Dallas city councilmember’s recent verbal slip-up. On August 27, 2025, the Dallas city council held a regular hearing to discuss public business, including an agenda item (#51) to: “Authorize a two-year personal services contract, with one two-year renewal...

October 8, 2025

Higher Education

Don’t Hate, Congratulate: A Victory for America’s HBCUs

The truth about HBCU funding is simple: Major and meaningful investments are being made, and the numbers tell the story. Yet in today’s virtual reality, false narratives often move faster than facts, and innuendo overshadows action. Fortunately, in the real world, results speak louder than rhetoric. For more than a century, our HBCUs have carried...

October 7, 2025

Border Security

Cartels are now ‘unlawful combatants.’ About time.

For decades, the US fought crime while the cartels fought war. Trump’s designation ends the fantasy and gives America the legal authority to strike back — hard. President Donald Trump has finally named the enemy: Mexican drug cartels. Declaring them unlawful combatants and recognizing a “non-international armed conflict” marks one of the most consequential national...

October 7, 2025

Other

Winners & Losers: Shut Down, but not Out

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. As we begin October, the Democrats have shut down the government, which is never great news. But hey, Texan Elon Musk amassed $500 billion this week, cementing his spot as richest guy...

October 3, 2025

Local Government

Week Without Driving (Me Crazy!)

This week, Austinites will endure “unseasonably warm weather,” with temperatures reaching into the mid- and upper 90s. Despite the sweltering heat however, the city of Austin’s anti-car crusaders want you to ditch your air-conditioned automobile and instead hustle around town by walking or biking. The city’s latest car-hating campaign comes as part of its promotion...

October 3, 2025