The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released its recommendations for required reading for Texas students that will be presented to the State Board of Education (SBOE) in January 2026. This list will ensure that every student receives a comprehensive reading course to support their growing literacy and academic development, knowledge of the world, and moral...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. President Donald Trump finally has a Peace Prize, Texas has a team in the Super Bowl hunt and it looks like Verizon is working again. Here’s who made the list: WINNER:...
It sounds like a tired complaint, but it’s true. The kids just aren’t reading anymore. And even when they are, they aren’t reading very well. At almost every level of testing, around half of Texas students aren’t meeting grade level expectations on the state assessment. But the problem runs deeper than that. Over the last...
Today, President Donald J. Trump called on Congress to enact his Great Healthcare Plan—a bold, pro-patient framework that will expand price transparency and empower individuals with greater control of their health care dollars. This plan represents a significant moment in the effort to make health care more affordable, understandable, and accountable to everyday Americans. For...
Islamist influence in Texas remains a real and ongoing concern. For more than a decade, money has continued to flow through the state from non-profits, non-governmental organizations (NGO), disaster relief groups, and even from the state agencies, to push a Muslim-centric ideology. It was just last year that Gov. Greg Abbott issued the proclamation to...
So, now we know what happened — or do we? Last week, on the streets of suburban Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed, a 37-year-old woman. What was planned as the “largest immigration operation ever” was derailed in mere seconds. Renee Nicole Good was driving a dark grey Honda Pilot,...
Newsom’s budget gimmicks ignore the core issue: expanding programs without safeguards, then begging for bailouts when the math implodes. As a former California state assemblyman who spent four years on the Budget Committee, I had a front-row seat to Sacramento’s obsession with “pulling down” federal dollars, turning welfare programs into a free-for-all. Then-state Auditor Elaine...
Radical groups are causing confrontations with federal agents to spark nationwide unrest and undermine Republicans. As the Trump administration ramps up enforcement against illegal immigration and cracks down on welfare fraud, the radical left is escalating its tactics in a calculated bid to create martyrs. We’ve seen this before, but today’s ideological fervor, backed by deep-pocketed donors...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The holidays are totally over now, and 2026 is up and running in earnest with big happenings all over the world—and in Texas. Here’s who made the list: WINNER: Trump Takes...
When I entered the first grade, I was assigned to the lowest reading group. This came as a shock to my mom, as I had always loved books. Over the winter break, my mom and I read from “Fun with Zip and Zap,” a phonics chapter book. When I returned to school after the break,...
Last month, Comptroller Kelly Hancock’s office launched the official website for the state’s new school choice program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts. Under TEFA, eligible Texas children can receive public funds deposited into a personalized account to be used for approved education expenses. These include private school tuition, textbooks, tutoring, specialized therapies, transportation to...
Foreign intervention, for many millennials like myself, has the taste of bitter fruit. Just the phrase passing our lips is going to produce turned-up noses followed by talking points about how many of our overseas adventures failed. I am one of those fist clenchers — at least I thought I was. Still, coming to “trust...