Energy & Environment

Why President-elect Biden’s energy plans could derail the American Dream

The coming inauguration of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States sets the stage for a policy agenda that openly and proudly demonizes the affordable, reliable energy resources we all rely upon. Biden’s energy plans are bad for our national security, economy, public health, and overall quality of life. But the American people’s ingenuity and creativity...

January 17, 2021

Election Integrity

The 2020 Election Aftermath Is Not At All Unprecedented In U.S. History

The presidential election was close. Only 84 Electoral College votes separated the contenders. Widespread allegations of ballot fraud were claimed by national party chairmen in 11 states, with court challenges lasting into the middle of the year following the election. Changing the results in just two states would flip the election. The fraud allegations were...

January 12, 2021

Energy & Environment

Congressional Democrats just admitted we can’t afford the Green New Deal

Democrats accidentally showed their hand by voting for a new loophole to the U.S. House of Representatives budget rules. The “pay as you go” rule, which imposes a modicum of fiscal restraint by requiring spending increases to be accompanied by spending cuts to keep the national deficit from growing, now specifically excludes climate change-related bills....

January 12, 2021

Property Rights

The Texas Supreme Court must reject Houston’s attempt to reimagine property rights in Texas

Property rights matter to Texans. For more than a century, the Texas Supreme Court has held that the Texas Constitution protects each individual’s right to use and develop his or her property in any way that doesn’t cause a nuisance or harm the neighbors. While other states and federal courts have taken an increasingly narrow...

January 11, 2021

Energy & Environment

Joe Biden should celebrate, not demonize, energy workers.

Growing up in Miami, Florida, I knew next to nothing about the energy industry. As long as I could afford to put gas in my car and the lights came on when I needed them, I was happy. I had no clue — like many Americans — how essential energy is to every aspect of...

January 11, 2021

Local Government

Smart legislation can help Texans move up from public assistance

Late last year, I made my third trip to Bonton Farms in southern Dallas. Each time I leave to go back to my home in the northern suburbs, I feel angry, overwhelmed, sad and encouraged, all at the same time. I’m angry because the public policies put into place over the years on criminal justice...

January 10, 2021

Health Care

Expanding Medicaid in Texas could strain system

Elections matter. They matter because they signal to policymakers the direction in which a community, state or nation wants to go. When it comes to Medicaid expansion and making our system of delivering care to the truly needy worse, the people of Texas have made their intentions very clear. By keeping Texas firmly in the...

January 4, 2021

Economy

Even the Rose Bowl left California in 2020 for Texas. Can the Golden State get anything right?

On New Year’s Day 2021 the 105th Annual Rose Bowl was supposed to be played in Pasadena, California. Instead, it will be played 270 miles north of Pasadena—Pasadena, Texas that is, in the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. California’s on a losing streak and the eventual loser might well be the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom. Just in the past...

December 31, 2020

Border Security

Immigration smears hinder necessary policy solutions

Our country has clearly become more divided during recent years. From politics to the pandemic to religious beliefs, this is evident in all areas of our lives. Media stories of public discourse and events appear to further drive the tensions between the left and the right. Even facts and truthful reporting are now often disputed....

December 29, 2020

K-12 Education

Texas can overcome pandemic setbacks by expanding educational opportunities

Though millions of doses of vaccines are now being administered throughout the country, we’re going to be dealing with the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for years to come. Education, in particular, is in for a long and slow recovery period. We must do what we can to ensure that long-term damage is kept to a minimum....

December 28, 2020

Border Security

National security requires Biden to break campaign pledge on illegal immigration

President-elect Joe Biden is already backpedaling on a dangerous campaign promise that pleased advocates of open borders, but would create a humanitarian and national security crisis on our border with Mexico. While he pledged during the election campaign to roll back President Trump’s policies that have reduced illegal immigration on his first day in office on Jan. 20, Biden...

December 25, 2020

Higher Education

UT should take the next step to defend free speech on campus

Friends of the First Amendment were elated this fall to read University of Texas President Jay Hartzell’s clarion call for free speech on college campuses. The title of his op-ed in the Dallas Morning News got to the heart of the matter: “There is no higher education without free speech.” Nor is there democracy without free speech. These...

December 24, 2020