Wokeness won’t go away quietly, especially in the war against history. In April, a new Texas history organization, created in the aftermath of a critical race showdown within the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), announced it will meet for its first symposium, titled “Texas History in the 21st Century: Looking Back, Moving Forward.” At this...
Every year, cities, counties, school districts, and special districts spend gobs of taxpayer money to influence state elected officials and policymaking. The monies committed go to pay for a mix of external lobbyists (i.e. registered lobbyists), internal lobbyists (i.e. intergovernmental relations personnel), and pro-government associations (i.e. Texas Municipal League, Texas Association of Counties, Texas Association...
Can you imagine China, Russia, or Iran spending trillions of dollars to remove any fraction of the carbon dioxide they’re pumping into the air? When corporations — and people — misallocate capital, they tend to suffer. Of course, whether capital is misallocated is sometimes only fully understood after the fullness of time. The People’s Republic...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Imagine packing up the car for your spring break vacation and then plugging in your destination only to have your car inform you that you don’t have enough carbon credits...
Every year, local governments in Texas spend millions upon millions to influence state-level policymaking. These advocacy campaigns are funded with tax dollars and often employ external lobbyists (i.e. registered lobbyists), internal lobbyists (i.e. intergovernmental relations personnel), and pro-government associations (i.e. Texas Municipal League, Texas Association of Counties, Texas Association of School Boards, etc.). One local...
Cities, counties, school districts, and special districts spend tens of millions every year to influence state policymakers at the Texas Capitol. Using taxpayer money, these entities often employ external lobbyists (i.e. registered lobbyists), internal lobbyists (i.e. intergovernmental relations personnel), and pro-government associations (i.e. Texas Municipal League, Texas Association of Counties, Texas Association of School Boards,...
Common sense tells us that when someone says, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” the inverse of that statement is not, “you will get sick and immediately die if you forget to pack an apple for lunch.” Yet TikTok parent company ByteDance thinks Americans are credulous enough to accept the premise that we...
Texas’ local governments spend tens of millions every year to influence state-level decision-making. These publicly-funded advocacy campaigns are oftentimes led by or receive help from external lobbyists (i.e. registered lobbyists), internal lobbyists (i.e. intergovernmental relations personnel), and pro-government associations (i.e. Texas Municipal League, Texas Association of Counties, Texas Association of School Boards, etc.). One local...
This week, the Biden administration unveiled a new budget proposal packed with pork and handouts, which included “increased government aid for workers, parents, manufacturers, retirees and students, as well as the fight against climate change.” To pay for the administration’s spending wish list, officials are proposing to raise taxes on “the wealthy and big corporations.”...
Big tech’s utopia may not be all its cracked up to be. Self-driving cars? That’s nothing new — Leonardo da Vinci designed one in the 16th century. And the machine, which some call the world’s first robot, would have worked, historians and researchers later confirmed. In fact, a working model of the clockwork-driven mechanism is currently housed at the...
Fort Worth Independent School District says it will cut staff members because of its budget crunch. Dallas ISD is ending some high school programs. Plano ISD is conducting a study which “may lead to restructuring or consolidating schools to better serve students,” the district says. “No one cause is to blame, although the state legislature not providing addition...
Against the backdrop of a sacred pulpit that was instrumental in the fight to secure the rights of democracy, the Biden Administration continued its pattern of deception about election integrity. On Sunday in Selma, Alabama, Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to fight against popular, common-sense measures like voter ID laws and to challenge duly enacted legislation that...