Taiwan needs to stand up a local defense force system that could immediately mobilize to defend nearby key points. China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, can’t be happy right now with his mounting troubles at home and abroad. The nation he rules is under increasing economic pressure, much of it made worse by his Bigfooting into...
Is the city of Denton preparing to hit homeowners with a big-time tax increase? It certainly looks that way. According to the city’s recently-published Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase, councilmembers will soon consider the adoption of a tax rate set at $0.565682 per $100 of value, which is a slight increase over last...
Central Texas taxpayers may be funding far-left political causes, whether they like it or not. Earlier this month, officials at Austin ISD, a large-but-shrinking public school district in Texas’ capital city, invited staff, students, and families “to represent Austin ISD in the annual Austin Pride Parade.” And to help get revelers to and from the...
In the media coverage, a federal district judge’s admonishment of attorneys for the state of Texas on Tuesday was portrayed as a loss for Gov. Greg Abbott and his border-securing Operation Lone Star. It wasn’t. If anything, it was the Department of Justice’s case that floundered. DOJ sued Texas last month over the buoy barriers...
Public school districts in Texas are home to some of the most expensive and extravagant stadiums in the nation. In fact, many have spared no expense to construct publicly-funded palaces. And now, one media outlet is cataloguing exactly where these facilities are located and what they cost to build. They also make an interesting observation...
Mexican government is no partner of U.S. on illegal immigration. The Department of Justice and the state of Texas faced off in a preliminary injunction hearing on Tuesday, in which DOJ demanded that Texas remove the marine barrier in the Rio Grande. While it was clear that there would be pushback from the Biden administration,...
On Monday, trustees at Prosper ISD, a relatively small but growing school district north of Dallas, agreed to present voters with a massive new bond package in November. The district’s proposal is so large, in fact, that it practically dwarfs all others this election cycle. In total, Prosper ISD officials want voters to approve four...
It’s kind of like gaslighting—without the fossil fuel. Panic attacks, irritability, and loss of appetite-these are common symptoms experienced by those coping with “climate anxiety,” we’re told. An influx of media regarding climate-aware therapy, addressing climate change on the first date, and even how to cope with the overwhelming sense of hopelessness for the future...
Writing in the New York Times last month, cultural iconoclast Chris Rufo pointed out that the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have failed: “Even on its own terms, does D.E.I. actually work? And the answer, according to the best available evidence, appears to be no.” Citing research into 30 years of DEI training data, Rufo...
For taxpayers, this should be a time to celebrate. After all, the Texas Legislature just approved a historic measure of tax relief, estimated to lower the average homeowner’s tax bill by more than $1,300 this year alone. This whopping reduction, of course, came in response to widespread public outcry that taxes had grown too big,...
A Dallas city councilmember is sounding the alarm over the city’s finances. In Wednesday’s Dallas Morning News, Dallas city councilmember Cara Mendelsohn expressed grave concern over the “city’s ever-increasing, unsustainable budget and its effects on residents.” She continued: “Our current $4.5 billion budget is the largest in history, and the city manager’s proposed budget for...
The preliminary injunction hearing in the case filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Gov. Abbott and the state of Texas for the removal of the 1,000-foot buoy barrier took place on Tuesday, August 22. The DOJ alleged that the state of Texas, in violation of the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA), built a...