The ink on the Texas Legislature’s $10 billion tax cut is not even dry and yet, local governments are already scheming to steal your tax cut. It is happening now, and it is happening fast. For example, a recent article from Community Impact highlighted the adoption of Austin ISD’s 2025-2026 budget and included a link...
‘Ignoring the extant realities of energy will render students unprepared for making sensible decisions, whether in the public or private sector.’ Some 60 percent of youth attend college after high school, some of them destined for leadership roles. Unfortunately, the things they’re taught aren’t grounded in reality, which ends up creating adverse consequences years down the line....
There is division surrounding the Qatar narrative—not just between the political left and right, but within the conservative movement itself. Some see Qatar as a valuable strategic partner; others view it as a duplicitous actor, undermining American interests behind closed doors. As geopolitical tensions rise in the Middle East, the question becomes increasingly urgent: Is...
I was two years into college when I picked up the book “Real Education” by the much-maligned conservative Charles Murray. Even after the roughly 17 years since its publication, I found that the book surprisingly offered an educational perspective more conducive to student success than the more recent “College for All” movement I was surrounded...
New York mayoral candidate—and self-proclaimed democratic socialist—Zohran Mamdani has promised to open government-run grocery stores in New York if elected. Why? Because of the high grocery prices. Let’s not kid ourselves—even though the economy is recovering under Trump and grocery prices are going down, groceries can still be obscenely expensive in New York. Mamdani’s recent...
‘If I believe life begins at conception, and I do, there are nine lives sitting on ice in a freezer that bear my DNA.’ When faced with infertility, Ericka Andersen turned to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in hopes of finally having children of her own. A committed pro-life advocate, she believed IVF aligned with her values. But it...
The credit score for the U.S. is not looking too hot. Our top rating was downgraded in 2011 by Standard & Poor’s, in 2023 by Fitch, and most recently in May 2025 by Moody’s. Moody’s cited that: Successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual...
Recent ambushes of federal agents follow Rep. Jayapal calling ICE ‘a terrorist force’ as most Democrats vote against condemning attacks. The past few weeks have seen several violent attacks targeting ICE and law enforcement. On June 7, in Los Angeles, left-wing agitators clashed with federal law enforcement and state and local police during anti-ICE protests. A day later,...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The tragedy of the devastating floods in Central Texas last weekend hang heavy over Texas now, as search and recovery continues. Texans have mobilized from all over the state to help in...
On Wednesday, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the First Called Special Session of the 89th Texas Legislature, which is set to begin on July 21, 2025, would focus on one-and-a-half dozen agenda items Among those 18 items, one in particular is especially noteworthy from a policy perspective—banning taxpayer-funded lobbying. The charge itself calls for: BAN...
What do I remember about Texas History class? Mostly, it’s Angelina Jolie. Sure, there was the volleyball coach, sitting in the back of the classroom, glued to her computer monitor’s screen. And I remember my classmates, 20 or so seventh graders, whispering among ourselves (usually while playing on our phones). And in the background, Angelina...
Where did ESG come from? Maybe it’s not surprising that, according to a 2022 report, the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing rules that have dominated corporate boardrooms in recent years began as “a half-baked idea among low-level U.N. staffers,” which soon grew into the “green Frankenstein of Wall Street.” The creators wanted some kind...