The 4th President of the United States, James Madison recognized the power of information when he said “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.” Texas is a national leader in equipping her people with knowledge of government through transparency. We challenge the Legislature to build on that position when they meet in January of 2009.
My Family’s Bicentennial Road Trip Taught Me What It Means To Be American
America’s story needs to be retold, or it will be drowned out by the noise of these postmodern times. What I remember most about our nation’s big bicentennial celebration in 1976 was the bears in Cherokee National Forest. We awoke one morning to three or four of them calmly ransacking our campsite, as my parents,...