Commentary
What Do Travis County Homeowners Pay in Property Taxes?
On Election Day, the city of Austin will ask voters to approve a massive 20% tax rate hike that many worry will spur further economic hardship, force families to flee, and grow government unnecessarily. Austin’s extraordinary…
Troubled History, Troubling Choices: Passaic County’s Failed Election Safeguards
When voters cast their ballots, they should be confident those votes are handled with care, not hidden behind closed doors. Yet in Passaic County, New Jersey, election officials are doing the opposite. The county’s Board of…
Leftists Overwhelm Small Farm With Death Threats For Hosting Conservative Think Tank
If Austin’s farm fiasco teaches us anything, it’s that the left’s words aren’t harmless — they’re harbingers of dehumanization and violence. In my Oct. 2 article for The Federalist, I detailed a chilling 2,500 percent spike…
Winners & Losers: Peacemaker, Icebreakers & Ballot Bans
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Wooley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. In a week marked by an historic peace accord in the Middle East and Portland, Oregon’s naked…
Teaching the Teachers – Texas Public Policy Foundation
What are we teaching the teachers? “During my time in the master’s program at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, we were taught to teach children,” writes my colleague Kate Bierly, “But first, we were taught to…
Meet the Leftist Organization That’s Been Influencing Texas History Courses
Great news! The State Board of Education voted this September to teach students history in grades 3-8. You would think that Texas schools are teaching history now, but, sadly, you would be mistaken: the current Texas…
Winners & Losers: Giving Peace a Chance
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Wooley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The government is still shut down and members of the military won’t be getting their…
Should Austin Get a Raise?
Austin is just one of a handful of cities across Texas trying to raise taxes on already overburdened taxpayers, but it represents perhaps the most egregious example of a city that doesn’t deserve it. The property tax increase…
Is Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying an Even Bigger Problem than We Know?
Is taxpayer-funded lobbying a bigger problem than many Texans suspect? It certainly seems so based on one Dallas city councilmember’s recent verbal slip-up. On August 27, 2025, the Dallas city council held a regular hearing…
Don’t Hate, Congratulate: A Victory for America’s HBCUs
The truth about HBCU funding is simple: Major and meaningful investments are being made, and the numbers tell the story. Yet in today’s virtual reality, false narratives often move faster than facts, and innuendo overshadows…
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