If economist Friedrich Hayek taught us to as who ought to decide, and Abraham Lincoln taught us to as to what end, then the question of immigration compels us to ask a third and inescapable question: Where is the line drawn? In the instance of Minneapolis, the line is both wrongly drawn, and drawn at...
At a Jan. 13 conference hosted by the Holy See and the Italian Ministry for Family, Birth Rate, and Equal Opportunities, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher offered sharp criticisms of surrogacy, the practice of a surrogate mother carrying a pregnancy for another person (“commissioning parent”). While surrogacy may help...
Mexico received $64 billion from US last year while some countries depend on remittances for 25% of GDP. The State Department’s recent decision to freeze visa processing for nationals from more than 75 countries — including Somalia, Iran and Russia — reflects a growing recognition in Washington: large-scale migration is no longer viewed solely as a humanitarian...
It didn’t take long for Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and Cy-Fair ISD to back off their offer of the use of public school facilities to host the so-called “Islamic Games,” once it was revealed that one of the sponsors was the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has linked to foreign terrorists. What’s...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Currently, it feels like we are living in scenes of “Game of Thrones” in which dark, ominous voices keep warning us that “winter is coming.” As we prepare to face down a...
I live in a community that, not long ago, was a quiet town outside Austin, Texas—one of many places people fled to in search of safety, order, and a better quality of life. Today, that same community is rapidly transforming into the very version of Austin many residents hoped to escape. Growth is not the...
The California governor correctly figures that if he stays on offense, his own dismal record will be ignored — even if that offense is odd. Being Gavin Newsom means never having to explain yourself — being able to hurl accusations and nonsensical claims with nary a follow-up from the press. Newsom’s foray into the World...
The inaugural Austin Union event, back in March 2024, featured a debate on the question: Is the United States Constitution broken? Later that evening, University of Austin (UATX) hosted A Conversation on Free Speech, Civil Discourse & Debate in a Healthy Democracy, featuring former ACLU president Nadine Strossen and then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
American interest in Greenland confronts Denmark with a choice it has faced before. With strategic imagination, it could engage the US to forge a mutually beneficial path for the island’s future. Denmark is well-practised in the relinquishment of its lands. The Danish kingdom was compelled by war to surrender Norway (to Sweden) and Schleswig-Holstein (to Prussia) in...
This is a good-news, bad-news tale for American higher education. The good news: A top-tier university has finally taken serious aim at the epidemic of grade hyperinflation. The bad news: We have fallen so far that even elite institutions must now devise entirely new, parallel evaluation systems just to deliver what straightforward, principled grading should...
For lawmakers, parents, and students across the Lone Star State, the direction of public education remains a fraught issue. Many continue to voice concerns about administrative bloat, curriculum choices, palatial facilities, and misspending of every type. In this vein, a new controversy may be on the verge of erupting involving Independent School Districts (ISDs) and...
Buried in an economic impact analysis for a rule released earlier this week, the EPA made an important decision that will reverberate throughout many of the major rules regarding the six criteria pollutants, especially ozone and particulate matter, that the EPA regulates. Among the many ways that the current EPA is trying to inject rationality...