Economy

States Have No Incentive To Stop Food Stamp Fraudsters From Stealing Your Money

The DOJ discovered millions of dollars in fraud hidden in false food stamp reporting. President Donald J. Trump’s Department of Justice uprooted hidden millions May 29, charging an employee at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and five New York residents with defrauding the federal government of “$66 million in unauthorized transactions under the Supplemental Nutrition...

June 5, 2025

Energy & Environment

Dear Congress: It’s Time to End the Carbon Capture Grift—And All Energy Subsidies With It

As Congress works on President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”, conservative lawmakers have an opportunity—and responsibility—to eliminate the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). This tax credit isn’t about climate responsibility or innovation. It’s about corporate welfare. It’s another example of Washington handing taxpayer dollars to powerful companies under the guise of...

June 2, 2025

Border Security

The National Guard has defended our borders before

In 1916, after Pancho Villa’s deadly raid on Columbus, New Mexico, President Woodrow Wilson mobilized nearly 110,000 National Guard troops to the southern border. Their mission was clear: repel cross-border incursions, restore order, and secure the American homeland. Four decades later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower faced a different threat—a mass illegal migration crisis, following the...

June 2, 2025

Other

Winners & Losers: Trump’s Transparent, Property Taxes Get Cut and 10 Commandments Still Matter

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. With Elon coming home to Texas and the state Legislature finally nearing the end of the thousands of bills it has considered over the last 140 days, here’s who made the list:...

May 30, 2025

K-12 Education

Licentious Libraries

You might think that efforts to ensure children cannot access sexually explicit material would be an issue that unites Texans. But unfortunately, that has not been the case in the state legislature. In 2023, Texas passed House Bill 900 which sought to improve standards, strengthen reviews, and give parents some control over what their children...

May 30, 2025

Taxes & Spending

A Tax Cut, If You Can Keep It

Tax cuts are coming for Texas homeowners and businesses. On Thursday, the 89th Texas Legislature put the final touches on its roughly $10 billion tax relief package, sending the last remaining elements to the governor for approval. Assuming a favorable reception, the Legislature’s completed package will include 4 separate pieces of legislation and 3 related...

May 30, 2025

Economy

Abe Lincoln vs. Dred Scott: A Playbook for Donald Trump’s Court Fights

In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered an infamous decision, Dred Scott v. Sandford. By declaring that Black Americans could never be citizens and stripping Congress of the power to restrict slavery in the territories, Chief Justice Taney both misinterpreted the Constitution and kindled a conflagration. Abraham Lincoln, still years away from the presidency, saw...

May 29, 2025

Economy

President Trump is making summer vacations great again

Americans are getting back on the road. “I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation—a burning desire to go, to move, to get underway…” —John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley: In Search of America” It was 65 years ago that John Steinbeck loaded up a...

May 27, 2025

Foreign Policy

Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system revives Reagan’s nuclear shield dream

On May 20, President Donald Trump launched the Golden Dome missile defense initiative. I was in college when President Ronald Reagan launched the Strategic Defense Initiative—initially mocked by its opponents as “Star Wars.” Trump named Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein as the Golden Dome project’s leader, a tell that the system will be primarily space-based. Technology in two areas...

May 27, 2025

Other

Winners & Losers: Trump Gets Big Bill, Hillary Attacks, England Sees the Light

Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Texas lawmakers, who make just $7,200 a year, will be working over Memorial Day weekend to finish up the current session, but their counterparts in Congress, who make $174,000 annually, are off...

May 23, 2025

Taxes & Spending

One Big Beautiful Vote

This morning, by the slimmest of margins, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes funding for several key items of President Trump’s agenda. It includes billions of dollars for border security, aggressive deportation efforts, and other national security priorities. States like Texas will receive $12 billion for their...

May 23, 2025

K-12 Education

It’s Time to Truly Protect Our Kids from Obscene Materials

Your child can access pornographic materials through their public school’s library. Let that fact sink in. Your child can access pornographic materials through their public school’s library. That is the reality for too many parents across the state of Texas. When an advocate attempted to read a passage from Sarah J. Maas, a popular writer of...

May 22, 2025