Foreign Policy

Three key reasons why America cannot afford to lose Taiwan to Communist China

With President Donald Trump’s state visit to China, speculation about the status of Taiwan, the self-governing nation that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims as its own, ran rampant. Many analysts emphasized Taiwan’s production of the advanced semiconductors that power the world’s smartphones, AI systems and precision-guided munitions. It’s true that semiconductor maker TSMC’s fabs dominate...

May 24, 2026

Border Security

States Are Not Bystanders in Homeland Defense

Cartels, trafficking networks, and hostile foreign actors do not pause operations based on American election cycles or changes in political leadership. Their operations continue to impact communities along the southern border and throughout the United States every day, keeping border enforcement and defending our homeland at the center of national security conversations. As a result,...

May 23, 2026

Other

Winners & Losers: Trump’s Endorsements, the Football Boycott & the Autopsy

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. This week, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finally admitted that the human race is not close to extinction after all, so we are good to go for Memorial Day Weekend....

May 22, 2026

Criminal Justice

For Every Woman Who Locks Her Car Twice

There is a common thread connecting women everywhere. Whether you’re a young professional walking to the subway after work—headphones in, keys clenched between your fingers—or a mother finishing a Target run, buckling your toddler into a car seat while scanning the parking lot, there is a shared experience beneath it all. A quiet but constant...

May 21, 2026

K-12 Education

Noisy Illiteracy

Kids can’t read. I’m not kidding, the latest viral story from The New York Times proves this. The possible cause of the national literacy decline: Is it No Child Left Behind? How about increased classroom screen time? Maybe pandemic-era school closures? Ultimately, the article declined to say that there is a “single reason for the...

May 19, 2026

Energy & Environment

Don’t Fence Me In: Water is Crucial to Texas’ Future

Editor’s Note: This is the latest part of a series on rural Texas and the challenges that rural Texans face. Over the next year, the Associated News Service will delve into the issues facing the Lone Star State’s 177 (out of 254) rural counties. CENTERVILLE—What Kat Wall remembers most about driving home to her family’s...

May 19, 2026

Taxes & Spending

Texas DOGE Roars to Life

Nearly one year ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 14 in an effort to “slash regulations, put stricter standards on new regulations that could be costly to businesses, and put a check on the growth of the administrative state.” All worthy goals too considering the Lone Star State’s cumbersome regulatory environment, which recently ranked “as the fifth most-regulated…in the nation, after California,...

May 15, 2026

Other

Winners & Losers: Murder by CRT, Waymo and Bad Bunny

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. While President Donald Trump was in China strengthening his relationship with Xi Jinping, here’s who made the list: LOSER: Murder by Critical Race Theory Another horrible street killing story in New York City...

May 15, 2026

Public Safety

Terror Support, Foreign Extremists and Homegrown Abuse: TexAM’s Radical Leaders Betray the Institution’s Underpinning Agenda

At the direction of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has ordered the Texas American Muslim University at Dallas (TexAM) to halt its operations, stating that the organization is not a recognized university and thus “prohibited by law from granting or offering to grant degrees.” But there are other reasons for...

May 15, 2026

Criminal Justice

Protect victims beyond their molesters’ prison sentences

Kayleigh Kozak was 12 when she was molested by her teacher. Although the harm done to her as a child can never be undone, her story has become a catalyst for a broader conversation about how the justice system protects victims after an offender has been convicted and sentenced. Kayleigh’s experience highlights a painful gap that...

May 14, 2026

Family

Fatherhood Begins at Conception, and So Should Child Support

I have been thinking about “Mama Mia.” Not the ABBA songs, but the premise. In the movie musical, the character Donna raised her daughter alone on a Greek island for 20 years. The movie is warm and funny about it. But underneath the charm is a quiet arithmetic: one person carrying the full weight of...

May 14, 2026

Family

How Dating Became a Cycle of Aesthetic Consumption

Your type isn’t a person anymore. It’s a product. Timothée Chalamet is a rat boy. That’s why women loved him. “Loved,” because, like many leading men who rise quickly in public attention, his cultural moment has cooled. What’s a rat boy, you may ask? It’s a boy who has angular features, expressive eyes, a certain...

May 14, 2026