Every state agrees, at least on paper, that only citizens should vote. The trouble is what happens between that principle and the polling place. New research from TPPF’s Chuck DeVore lays out just how much daylight exists between the two and offers a tested model for closing the gap. The federal voter registration form created...
During a recent Texas Senate Higher Education Committee hearing, lawmakers asked an important question: Is Texas doing enough to protect our universities from hostile foreign influence? The executive director of the newly established Texas Research Security Council, Kevin Gamache, Ph.D., answered in the affirmative. HB 127, he told lawmakers, “provides the flexibility for the universities...
“American manhood is a fragile and precarious thing, shattered by the slightest deviation from ever-shifting norms — eating the wrong taco, tasting tofu, not eating meat, or maybe eating too much meat.” —The Atlantic, “The Masculinity Scam” Reading these lines from The Atlantic, I controlled my eye-rolling enough to read the rest of the hit-piece...
The Texan cure for high-tech trespass. Texans have a special way of dealing with infringements on privacy and the freedoms we enjoy. Unregistered drones surveying our properties out in the sticks? That’s what the 12-gauge home defense system is for. Red light cameras that often prioritize revenue and control over public safety? The Texas legislature...
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” —George Orwell, “1984″ If science fiction has taught us anything, it is that the danger of mind reading is not the technology itself, but the power that comes with the control of information. George Orwell’s...
“Have you ever been to the U.S.-Mexico Border?” “No.” One word. That may have been the most revealing moment of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recent interview with the New York Times. During the exchange, Mamdani defended New York City’s sanctuary policies. Since taking office, he has reinforced that position by signing an executive...
Filled with anticipation, a woman in her early 30s downloads a fertility-tracking app. She and her husband are finally ready to start their young family and have a baby. Every morning she logs her cycle, her basal temperature, her symptoms. She grants the app access to her Apple Health data because the onboarding screen says...
Every state requires public school teachers to be “certified,” and most of that certification runs through a university school of education. New research by TPPF’s Kate Bierly asks a simple question: is that credential actually worth anything? The answer, backed by decades of data, is no. Teacher training used to happen in “normal schools.” The practical, two-year...
In the wake of the approval of the statewide Required Literary Works list, members of the education cartel have claimed that the decision of nearly two-thirds of the democratically elected members of the State Board of Education should be disregarded because they, the defenders of our current failed system, know best. This group, which includes...
For the last two legislative sessions, certification and attrition have dominated the teacher pipeline discussion, but if legislators wish to ensure a sufficient supply of effective teachers in Texas classrooms, they must reform the root of the problem, university schools of education. To say that the teaching profession has been in upheaval for the better...
On May 2nd, 2026, Texas voters did something astonishing. They approved more new debt in that single afternoon than the entire gross domestic product of the country of Uganda. The $76.4 billion in new principal debt authorized that day won’t be issued tomorrow; but with voter approval in-hand, local governments now have the go-ahead to borrow more and add onto the $368.3 billion in principal debt already owed. Of course, these totals...
Mexico’s 2027 midterm elections will constitute the most consequential political contest since the 2024 presidential election. Beyond the routine renewal of public offices, these elections will serve as a national referendum on the governing project of Morena and will determine whether opposition forces can preserve the territorial strongholds necessary to rebuild a competitive national alternative...