New York mayoral candidate—and self-proclaimed democratic socialist—Zohran Mamdani has promised to open government-run grocery stores in New York if elected. Why? Because of the high grocery prices. Let’s not kid ourselves—even though the economy is recovering under Trump and grocery prices are going down, groceries can still be obscenely expensive in New York. Mamdani’s recent...
‘If I believe life begins at conception, and I do, there are nine lives sitting on ice in a freezer that bear my DNA.’ When faced with infertility, Ericka Andersen turned to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in hopes of finally having children of her own. A committed pro-life advocate, she believed IVF aligned with her values. But it...
The credit score for the U.S. is not looking too hot. Our top rating was downgraded in 2011 by Standard & Poor’s, in 2023 by Fitch, and most recently in May 2025 by Moody’s. Moody’s cited that: Successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual...
Recent ambushes of federal agents follow Rep. Jayapal calling ICE ‘a terrorist force’ as most Democrats vote against condemning attacks. The past few weeks have seen several violent attacks targeting ICE and law enforcement. On June 7, in Los Angeles, left-wing agitators clashed with federal law enforcement and state and local police during anti-ICE protests. A day later,...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The tragedy of the devastating floods in Central Texas last weekend hang heavy over Texas now, as search and recovery continues. Texans have mobilized from all over the state to help in...
On Wednesday, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the First Called Special Session of the 89th Texas Legislature, which is set to begin on July 21, 2025, would focus on one-and-a-half dozen agenda items Among those 18 items, one in particular is especially noteworthy from a policy perspective—banning taxpayer-funded lobbying. The charge itself calls for: BAN...
What do I remember about Texas History class? Mostly, it’s Angelina Jolie. Sure, there was the volleyball coach, sitting in the back of the classroom, glued to her computer monitor’s screen. And I remember my classmates, 20 or so seventh graders, whispering among ourselves (usually while playing on our phones). And in the background, Angelina...
Where did ESG come from? Maybe it’s not surprising that, according to a 2022 report, the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing rules that have dominated corporate boardrooms in recent years began as “a half-baked idea among low-level U.N. staffers,” which soon grew into the “green Frankenstein of Wall Street.” The creators wanted some kind...
People don’t visit Route 66 to change America; they come to be changed by it. Janice Mollet doesn’t know how many people come through the restored Valentine Diner at the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma. But her friend and fellow museum volunteer Sharon Brown pointed to a box of hundreds of push pins sitting...
Roscoe Filburn owned a wheat farm in rural Montgomery County, Ohio. When he used his own farm to feed his own family, he fell under the hammer of the federal government. It was 1938, and America was in the throes of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Agricultural commodity prices—and specifically, wheat prices—fluctuated wildly,...
This Fourth of July weekend we will celebrate the 249th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with fireworks and all the usual fanfare. As Texans, we should also take a moment to celebrate Spain’s big win in 1776, picking the American side in the war with England. Everyone knows France played a...
Monday was National Social Media Day. This is one of those random days you’re supposed to celebrate like National Hamburger Day (May 28) or National Dog Day (August 26). That might have been the case 15 years ago when National Social Media Day was created by online tech news outlet Mashable, but today you rarely...