Commentary
It’s Time For Feds To Give Non-Violent Offenders A Second Chance
When President Donald Trump appointed Alice Marie Johnson as his pardon czar, he sent a clear message to the nation: Accountability and second chances are not mutually exclusive. Our Founders understood this principle, and as…
Ukraine’s drone revolution shows Russia is dangerously unprepared. But, so is America
Kyiv has slashed Russian fuel processing capacity by a third, matching two years of Allied strategic bombing in weeks. Russian missiles and Iranian-supplied drones continue to slam into Ukrainian hospitals and apartment …
Age Verification for Apps
This week, Texas parents scored a massive victory when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block Texas’ landmark App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420). This decision affirms that states have every right to help families…
‘Young Washington’ Biopic Highlights Early American Grit
In an age where Americans are ill-informed about their nation’s founding, ‘Young Washington’ highlights the obstacles of the colonial period and the resilient spirit that overcame them. There’s always a mixture of…
Overwhelming Support for Regular Efficiency Audits
When it comes to spending public money, Texans want transparency and accountability. One way to deliver on these demands is through the third-party efficiency audit concept, which is a tool to “assess how well agencies work…
Texas Accountability Law Ruins Everything for Woke Faculty
As the public’s once-high view of college education burns down before our eyes, the universities’ favorite water-carrier, the Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE), continues to fiddle. CHE’s recent article on Texas Tech…
Throwing Cold Water on Kendall County’s HOT Idea
Despite persistent affordability concerns, the Kendall County Commissioners’ Court is once again flirting with the idea of creating a controversial new tax to benefit select businesses at the expense of virtually everyone …
How Texas Became Hub Of A Terror-Link Kashmiri Outfit’s Activities
Across the state, a collection of terror networks and their Islamist partners are using US politicians, institutions and nonprofit infrastructure to advance violent, radical ambitions. In 2022, Yasin Malik, the leader of a…
Has ‘The Civil War’ Creator Ken Burns Forgotten Lincoln?
Ken Burns became famous for his magisterial PBS film series, “The Civil War.” My family loved this series, which featured, naturally enough, Lincoln’s arguments and tactics during the war. But Burns’s latest pronouncement…
Does America’s 250th Deserve Our Celebration?
As we observe the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the question has been raised whether our experiment in self-government still merits our celebration—or our condemnation. I find myself having to…
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