Commentary
Mexico Is Acting Like an Adversary to the U.S.
Nearly all political sentiment for the past decade has been mediated through the lens of prior reaction to Donald Trump. Those who like the American president, or at least aren’t fixated on him, tend to give his actions in…
Minnesota’s Fraud Is Blowing the Lid Off a Broken Election System
Fraud investigations are engulfing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but that isn’t the only issue demanding attention in that state. The state’s election system is being exposed for vulnerabilities that undermine transparency and…
The Rot in Library Associations
In late January, the State Board of Education will begin the process of reversing decades of declining literacy by considering a preliminary list of required readings for Texas public schools. This charge was delivered to the…
Winners & Losers: The Sermon on the “Mound” & Religious Illiteracy
After a year of debating and finally passing a new curriculum for Texas public schools, it seems like the day after Christmas is a good time to re-visit this piece I wrote in 2024 about cultural illiteracy and the importance…
Family, Community, and Connection – Texas Public Policy Foundation
Set at a New England boarding school around Christmas 1970, Alexander Payne’s 2023 film, The Holdovers centers on the school’s three holiday “holdovers”, that is, those who are unable to leave campus for the winter break.…
The Subsidy Scheme – Texas Public Policy Foundation
The House just took an important step toward restoring sanity to America’s health care system by voting to support the Republican health care plan. While critics will reflexively attack the vote, the reality is that the right…
Winners & Losers: Best of 2025
Throughout 2025, I joined the Cardle & Woolley Show every Friday morning on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Starting with the inauguration of President Donald Trump’s second term and…
What George Bailey Understood About Housing and Families
In It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey’s great ambition is not wealth or status. It is something far more ordinary and far more powerful: the ability for working families to afford a home, put down roots, and build a future…
Don’t Leave Kids Home Alone With AI
At the beginning of Home Alone, Kevin McCallister is not dreaming of independence or adventure. He is frustrated, overlooked, and angry enough to wish his family would simply disappear. It is a familiar childhood impulse,…
Zoning Promised Order, But Delivered Scarcity.
Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government…
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