Leslie Winters remembers the economic downturn of the 1980s. She remembers standing in long lines with her grandmother to receive welfare benefits like “government cheese” and “government butter.” For a long time, it was just that, a memory. Now, she fears she may have to do the same with her three children. But Leslie isn’t...
FALFURRIAS—When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a busload of illegal immigrants to New York City, the Big Apple’s Mayor Eric Adams said the action was “horrific.” That’s a poor choice of words, according to Brooks County Deputy Don White. As the deputy tasked with search and rescue in the county with the highest number of...
Democrats and their leftist allies are celebrating the U.S. Senate’s passage of the misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act.” Subject to a vote out of the Rules Committee mid-week, it’s expected that H.R. 5376 will be voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday or over the weekend at the latest. The Democrats’ tax and spending bill...
In June 2019, the Pardo family experienced arguably the worst day of their lives. After a physician falsely accused the parents of medical abuse, their developmentally challenged son Drake, 4, was taken away by Child Protective Services. The Pardos fought six months in court before being cleared of all charges, but the damage had been...
A nation emerging from a significant pandemic and an economic downturn awaited President Joe Biden in early 2021. President Warren G. Harding inherited a similar situation after winning the 1920 election in a landslide. But Harding overcame it by getting government out of the way. The economy recovered quickly—whereas Biden enacted bad progressive policies that...
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador dropped a bombshell at his Monday press conference, announcing he would sign a decree putting the National Guard under Defence Secretariat (SEDENA) command—even though the constitution states the militarized police force shall operate under civilian leadership. AMLO, as the president is known, previously said he would send a constitutional...
An Austin ISD elementary teacher has stirred fresh controversy after she bragged online about showing her fourth-grade students a video “to teach them about drag which also encourages kids to be drag performers.” In the short video, which begins with the teacher saying she doesn’t care if others disagree with the degeneracy, kids in the...
Tarrant County taxpayers may soon be paying more for local government. On Monday, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court held a public meeting to discuss its proposed budget for fiscal year 2023, which totals $916 million, less capital expenditures. That represents about a $120 million increase from the prior year’s budget total ($797.2 million). To help...
The Harris County Commissioners Court has green lit the exploration of a lawsuit, in a 3-2 vote along partisan lines, over the county’s inclusion in the next round of election audits. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo attacked the selection as “politically motivated” and “a distraction.” Other county officials disputed (without evidence) the randomness of the...
Everyone is feeling the pinch at the supermarket these days, as inflation—measured by the decline in the purchasing power of money for a basket of goods and services—recently hit a 40-year high. From eggs to milk, it is getting harder to bring home the bacon. Nowhere has that been more visible than in the prices...
Leftists in D.C. have reanimated pieces of the Green New Deal, the Clean Power Plan, and Build Back Better and stitched them into the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” But they left out the job growth part. The bill would be better named the “Inflation Reduction and Job Growth Act of 2022—for China.” There’s nothing...
There is always an incentive to break the law. Speeding saves time, Ponzi schemes make money, and ripping the tag off a mattress in violation of California regulations is eminently satisfying. But an existing incentive to break the law isn’t a reason for courts to excuse unlawfulness. Federal law stipulates that universities cannot charge illegal...