This week marked the third solemn anniversary of the botched, deadly pullout from Afghanistan. Vice President Kamala Harris was nowhere to be seen. President Joe Biden was on his second vacation. The families of the 13 servicemembers who died in Kabul — none of whom have heard from either Biden or Harris — asked former...
Texas is on the cusp of implementing historic reforms that could prove to be the most significant improvements in education in the state’s history. Last year, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1605, which, in part, required the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to develop high quality instructional materials and provide them at no cost to...
Every Friday morning at 8:30 a.m., I join the Cardle & Woolley show, Talk 1370 Radio, in Austin to pick the week’s top Winners & Losers in Texas, America and the world. The Democrats put on their national convention in Chicago this week complete with American icon Oprah Winfrey, Al Sharpton (the Jussie Smollett of...
Amid the cheers last night at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s celebration of the ouster that led to President Biden being quickly and quietly replaced by Vice President Harris on the national ticket, you could almost hear the rumblings of a time thought to be long past. On August 21st, 1968—not that much more than half...
On Tuesday, former President Barack Obama gave an address to the Democrat National Convention (DNC) which, in part, broached the issue of housing affordability. On the matter, he said: “If we want to make it easier for more young people to buy a home, we need to build more units and clear away some of...
One state lawmaker recently accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of not “spend[ing] the tax $ that you collected from us on our neighborhood schools instead…hoarding it in the treasury.” Setting aside the fact that the Legislature authors the state budget and dictates where money is spent—not the chief executive—this critique gets things wrong in another...
It takes one simple Google search to find a cool, shady swim spot in the heat of a Texas summer. Locals and newcomers alike have spent years under the sun looking for somewhere to cool off. While resting in the shade and cool waters, the setting sun sparks spiraling and well-seasoned Texan fears of rolling...
The gaslighting is being served out in super-sized doses. The latest example is the Future Forward PAC’s new Kamala Harris ad, in which she lays out an agenda completely at odds with her record. In an effort to revise recent history, the Democrats are desperately trying to regain ground in America’s heartland with ads that seek...
One could only laugh at the news report by CBS 5 in Austin this week citing “concern over a “Bible infused public school curriculum in Texas.’” According to the reporter, one of those “concerns” is that students would be taught about the “Sermon on the Mound.” Here’s what it said: Insert your own baseball joke...
How do you make $8 million disappear? Ask Houston ISD. After a recent report by the Houston Chronicle revealed Houston ISD had spent more than $709,000 on developing the largest bond proposal in Texas history, $4.4 billion, TPPF submitted a public records request to obtain all the documents related to developing the bond. In other...
A new poll from the University of Houston (UH) and Texas Southern University (TSU) finds that, even in today’s highly-charged political environment, there are still a few things that most people agree on. In this case, it’s the fact that housing costs are out-of-control. Here are a few highlights from the UH/TSU poll, which was conducted...
Illegal immigration is busting the budget in New York City, where Mayor Eric Adams warns New Yorkers, “Without policy changes, NYC could potentially spend $12 billion on asylum seekers over next three fiscal years.” The same is true in Chicago, Denver, and other sanctuary cities. Their mayors are now demanding state and federal help with...