We are at an important turning point in the process of re-opening Texas. Today, Governor Greg Abbott announced a new phase in Texas’ reopening. It is another step in the right direction, but we still have much work to do. I am very concerned when I see politicians trying to use this crisis to further...
The data is in and the implications are clear: Texas has flattened the curve and prevented the COVID-19 pandemic from taking more lives. Our state hasn’t come anywhere close to seeing a run on hospitals, demonstrating our system is more than capable of handling anyone who contracts the disease. Now is the time to reopen the Texas economy and...
Some Americans are angry. On Wednesday, thousands of Michigan residents — in their vehicles — brought traffic in Lansing to a standstill. A spokesperson for Operation Gridlock said there’s a clear message for the governor who has locked down the state: “Instead of talking about what’s essential and nonessential, let’s talk about what’s safe and...
Holy Week has taken on new significance for many of us this year. Social distancing, loneliness and worry about the health and well-being of our families have oppressed us. We don’t know if our shuttered businesses and shattered economy will ever be the same. We reach out to our friends and extended family, but texts...
We’re being presented with a false dilemma. We’re told we can either stay at home and limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, or we can get to work and try to limit the damage the virus and the shutdowns are doing to our economy. It’s like being told that to win the war, we must...
There are few measures that will more directly benefit American families struggling through the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 outbreak than an immediate payroll tax cut. “Temporarily cancelling the collection of these taxes will reduce the cost for employers for continuing to pay employees regardless of whether they are working or on sick leave and increase liquidity for employers to...
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed in a recent Democratic presidential debate that the “number one place to live out the ‘American Dream’ right now” is Denmark. He couldn’t be more wrong. The American Dream is alive and well — and it’s thriving in Texas, which celebrates its own Independence Day on March 2. Opportunity is what...
The tide turned for the Soviet Union in 1989. It wasn’t just the Polish national elections in June of that year, which saw the rise of the Solidarity Party. And it wasn’t merely the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. It was also Boris Yeltsin’s visit to a Houston-area supermarket. Yeltsin, then serving as...
The academic left and the deep state — really, the same group of people — suffer from identical insufferable attributes: they’re smug, arrogant, and self-righteous. But even as they push our country to the brink of a presidential impeachment, the American people see through them. Their attitude permeates every television interview and op-ed. “Trust us,”...
Time is running out, and Democrats are dragging their feet on the new North American trade deal. They’d rather focus on impeachment. Americans disagree. It might be — in the Democrats’ eyes — a short-term political win, but tanking the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) would cause lasting damage U.S. producers — including Texas farmers...
Thanksgiving can be a tough time of year for many Americans. “The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank,” G.K. Chesterton pointed out many years ago. These days, the holiday has two stumbling blocks that I see. The first is America’s growing secularization. The second...
Thanksgiving can be a tough time of year for many Americans. “The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank,” G.K. Chesterton pointed out many years ago. These days, the holiday has two stumbling blocks that I see. The first is America’s growing secularization. The...