Too many Americans — lawmakers included — are falling for Chinese propaganda disguised as ‘discrimination’ concerns. I sat in the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee hearing on March 6 watching a parade of witnesses — roughly 30 people, all but four were likely naturalized citizens or green card holders from China — rail against SB 17,...
Although President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office brings renewed optimism for border security efforts, Texas legislators should still double down on their efforts in this regard and build upon the momentum from last session’s attempt at implementing a Texas “Engel List” for the sake of our sovereignty and economy. The Northern Triangle Enhanced...
For years, I’ve warned that college grade inflation is real, rampant, and ravaging a university near you. It is a cancer eating away at American higher education, undermining academic standards, devaluing transcripts, and cheating students and employers alike. My research has tracked this crisis over the last decade, and the evidence is stark: what was...
Every Friday morning I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. March and the President blew in like a lion. Here’s who made the list: Winner: Trump’s First Speech to Congress One thing that was clear from President Donald Trump’s first speech to...
A new poll from Texas Southern’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center confirms for the bazillionth time that Texans support giving all parents access to an education savings account that will help them pay for private school and other educational expenses. A majority of nearly every demographic approves of ESAs. The only demo...
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he now has the votes—76 in the Texas House—to pass a universal school choice bill, a goal of Lone Star State governors since Rick Perry. The Senate has already passed one. Why did it take so long to get this far? It should be no surprise that Friday night lights...
This sentiment has been growing for years. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have all echoed it. But this is not some movement built purely on the will of Texas’ top politicians. Surely, the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker deserve significant credit for their leadership, but they are three...
Back when I served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, California ranked 7th or 8th in the nation for electricity costs. At the time, the Democratic majority in Sacramento was pushing bill after bill mandating greater reliance on renewable energy, assuring everyone that these policies would make us look like “geniuses” when the price...
An Associated Press(AP) reporter was blocked from an Oval Office event. The White House cited its refusal to use the new designation for the Gulf of America; the AP responded by claiming the White House is engaging in viewpoint discrimination and censorship. Oh, please. The AP may consider itself the gatekeeper of news in the...
Diversity, equity and inclusion are words that appeal to American values, but DEI programming departs from American tradition. Both President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott have pumped up their efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI, programs everywhere they find them — in public schools and universities, government agencies and the military. Trump’s Jan. 21 order...
It’s Day 38 of Trump 2.0 and I joined the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the Winners & Losers of the week. Here’s who made the list: Winner: Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting The transparency of the Trump administration is dazzling but the game-changer that was on display during...
Texas farm and ranch land is at risk. It’s not the Chinese, although lawmakers have introduced a suite of bills to fight against foreign adversaries gobbling up precious land. Something else is destroying the soil itself and livestock that graze on it. PFAs (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, colloquially called “forever chemicals”) are an imperishable poison that is...