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Death by a Thousand Texts: How Social Media Shackles Our Children’s Minds

George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking...

October 30, 2025
Higher Education

Irony Alert: Students Demand Profs Stop Handing Out Easy A’s

I never thought I’d see the day. Grading standards in college have grown so lax (nearly 50% of all college grades nationwide are A’s) that now even the students—the students!—are demanding that professors grow a spine and grade them honestly. In August, a letter was sent to President Donald Trump by the student body presidents...

October 30, 2025
Election Integrity

Gavin Newsom: Nepo Baby

Editor’s note: Chuck DeVore’s essay, “Gavin Newsom: Nepo Baby,” was published in Newsmax’s print-only magazine. Here are some excerpts. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, 58, is going to run for president. Newsom’s unique attribute is his ability to lie. Not just lie, but lie earnestly. Newsom’s lies are so bold, they’re the political equivalent of...

October 28, 2025
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Winners & Losers: No Kings, New Moon & Longhorns Have a Shot

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. We are now officially in the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history and the only thing Congress agrees on is that nobody trusts anybody enough to even begin to make a deal....

October 24, 2025
Taxes & Spending

How Much Will Magnolia ISD’s Bonds Really Cost?

On August 11th, 2025, Magnolia Independent School District (Magnolia ISD) ordered a bond election to be held on the uniform election date, November 4th, 2025. According to its website, Magnolia ISD is expected to exceed 22,000 students by 2034, which it believes warrants the construction of new facilities, specifically one new high school, two new...

October 24, 2025
Public Safety

Democrats once undermined the Army. Now they undermine the nation.

Their post-Civil War ‘Redeemer’ ancestors smeared troops as despots and ‘usurpers.’ Today’s left smears ICE and Border Patrol as fascists — different century, same betrayal. America again stands on the edge of betrayal, watching mobs assault federal officers while judges call it “restraint.” This is not new. Between 1876 and 1878, the same script played...

October 23, 2025
Taxes & Spending

What Do Travis County Homeowners Pay in Property Taxes?

On Election Day, the city of Austin will ask voters to approve a massive 20% tax rate hike that many worry will spur further economic hardship, force families to flee, and grow government unnecessarily. Austin’s extraordinary ask—which appears to be the city’s largest-ever proposed tax increase—raises an obvious question: How much do Austinites currently pay...

October 22, 2025
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
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