History’s winning formula is clear: Reject proportionality, embrace decisive force, and see the mullahs’ grip weaken. As the United States Navy enforces a full blockade of Iranian ports and conducts minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, the lessons of 1987 and 1988 are once again proving their worth. I know, because I participated in the Pentagon...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. This week they have been broadcasting all week from the annual Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Texas Policy Summit featuring great speeches by the Big 3—Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas...
Texas’ education system is not merely inefficient. It is structurally tilted to benefit insiders at the public’s expense, according to an explosive new report. The root of the problem is the Education Cartel—a network of consultants, vendors, and taxpayer-funded lobbyists who profit from ever-expanding school bond debt and bureaucratic growth. This system has helped drive...
President Trump’s remarks on Monday included both negotiations and a threat to hit dual-use infrastructure. In the days ahead, the direction of Operation Epic Fury will become unmistakable in the targets the United States and Israel choose to strike. The U.S.-Israeli air campaign has already delivered historic results. Our losses to enemy fire have been...
The mean girls are at it again. The ladies of “The View” reacted this week to a clip of Isabel Brown speaking in favor of marriage and children at the Conservative Political Action Conference. In the clip, Isabel says, “It is these choices, like deleting our dating apps, quitting birth control pills, and saying ‘I...
“The risk pool situation in Texas, some would call it extortive,” according to prominent Texas attorney Marc Gravely, founder of Gravely PC and a specialist in high-stakes insurance recovery litigation. Gravely laid out serious legal concerns in a recent podcast surrounding the Texas Association of School Boards’ TASB Risk Fund that should alarm every taxpayer...
As an undergraduate at the University of Texas, I was tasked with investigating the funding sources of Hamas, the terrorist group that murdered 1,200 people, including 46 Americans, on Oct. 7, 2023. A truth became apparent: Qatar was not only one of Hamas’s biggest funders, having contributed billions of dollars, but also one of the largest foreign...
Shooting has always been a part of Jeff Howard’s life. “I had a .22 rifle in my hands at the age of 9, doing what kids did back then,” says Howard, a board member at the Temple Gun Club. “Shooting squirrels, gophers and anything else.” Those early days of plinking led to a career in...
On April 7, the State Board of Education is set to give its final approval to new Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), a much-needed reform to the standards that determine what educators teach. Here’s what you need to know: The current Social Studies TEKS are profoundly inadequate. The flaws of the K-8...
Texas’ launch of the Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) program has been nothing short of historic. It sends a clear message that families are demanding more control over their children’s education. Within the first 24 hours, more than 42,000 applications poured in, shattering national records for a school choice program rollout. By the time applications closed,...
Rising utility bills are one of many factors exacerbating Austin’s well-documented affordability crisis. When Austin utility bills went up last winter, many residents probably didn’t even notice — mostly because the increase in fees was hidden by reductions in other costs. But here’s the truth: The city of Austin is squeezing its customers more than they know....
Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez (D) recently said the quiet part out loud: If Democrats regain power, they intend to “melt ICE” and “dismantle the Department of Homeland Security.” Not reform. Not recalibrate. Dismantle. At this point, no one should be surprised, but everyone should be paying attention. The window for aligned federal action is limited, and states...