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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This week, I took one of my colleagues to family court. We wanted to better understand the system that processes thousands of cases each year. These courts are designed to protect children and families, but what we witnessed raised questions about whether they truly function as courts at all. The first time I attended a...
After Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s speech to senior commanders on military fitness and standards, my social media accounts lit up. One representative comment went like this: “Hegseth said we’re going back to gender roll (sic) jobs! So it looks like all you ladies are gonna be in the mail room and admin!” Yeah—she couldn’t...
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) has opened up opportunities for better medical care at a fraction of the cost. But now, opponents of healthcare reforms—people who want everyone to be on a singular government system—are using the government shutdown and false cries of “defunded Medicaid” to destroy the new options that the OBBB for...
A recent Austin American-Staman investigation found that while the city of Austin is asking voters for a 20% tax rate hike in the upcoming November election, officials are also spending lavishly on privileged and personal expenses. For instance, the newspaper notes that the city’s newest adopted budget “raises council travel allotments by 55% and food...
Water is critical to ensure a prosperous future for Texas. That’s a statement that virtually no one disagrees with. Water satisfies thirsty communities, fuels industry, powers next generation technologies, sustains reliable generation of electricity, and maintains the natural beauty of the state. But Texans will soon go to the polls to vote on legislation that...