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While you’re watching the taxpayer-funded spanking line on last week’s freeze and blackouts, don’t lose sight of the real losses behind the outrage. Read more
In Houston, as millions suffered power and water outages, food shortages and subfreezing temperatures, another problem confronted families: pr… Read more
Well, boys and girls, how did you enjoy the trial run on the New Green Deal? Did it meet your needs and expectations dealing with the record c… Read more
Last month, millions of Texans watched the 6A high school football championship game and heard broadcaster Craig Way speak about the first-eve… Read more
Texas finds itself with a public health system riddled with dangerous gaps and vulnerabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic is a tough lesson on wha… Read more
ERCOT, the state-controlled electric grid operator taking most of the initial blame for widespread blackouts and for all of the attendant mise… Read more
Texas got close to the brink this week, as bad weather, inadequate preparation, and weak leadership left millions without electricity and wate… Read more
Most Texans inhabit a rare mental space right now: a deep awareness of our dependence on energy and water systems. These technologies, althoug… Read more
The Republican Party seems divided on its path forward. The majority have proven unwilling to hold former President Trump accountable for inst… Read more
Between winter electricity blackouts, a haphazard rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the Texas government’s overall response to the pandemic ove… Read more
A fourth-generation Lewisville resident is celebrating 40 years of service as pastor at Northview Baptist Church as well as chaplain for the c… Read more
Our political and social turmoil resembles tumultuous 1838, which a 28-year-old state legislator regarded as a foreshadowing of civil war. The… Read more
The politician who championed the “bathroom bill” in the Texas Legislature in 2017 is now singing The Star-Spangled Banner. Read more
Sometimes I have some fun stumping my colleagues in Congress with Texas trivia. Read more
The 2012 party primary elections in Texas were held May 29 instead of March 6 that year — the result of litigation over new political maps dra… Read more
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and con… Read more
Denton County is starting February with a bang, rolling out several of the largest vaccination clinics in the country. Read more
Of all the things on Gov. Greg Abbott’s list of priorities, the call for broadband internet might be the most popular in the state Legislature… Read more
For all its successes, the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has a troubling mix of characteristics: chaotic organization that requires signi… Read more
My friend and former colleague at the University of North Texas, Emeritus Professor of Microbiology G. Roland Vela, transitioned from his eart… Read more
You wouldn’t want to say this Texas Legislature doesn’t have an agenda. Maybe it’s a secret, or — more likely — it’s just that the list is too… Read more
It shouldn’t be a surprise: Ask Texans what they think, and there’s a good chance they’ll tell you to be real and get busy. That’s especially … Read more
It’s always easiest to lead the Texas Legislature by going where lawmakers already wanted to go, and there’s a fresh example in the “emergency… Read more
When it comes to law enforcement and criminal justice, it is already evident that 2021 is going to be a very busy year for legislators at both… Read more
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly declared Feb. 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, in an effort to achieve … Read more
The Texas Legislature is supposed to meet for up to 140 days in every odd-numbered year, but lawmakers don’t have to work on each of those day… Read more
Beto O’Rourke is thinking about challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in the 2022 election. Abbott is already responding, the way candidates do. Read more
Lillian Miller’s 1973 election as Denton’s first female council member and Elinor Hughes’ election as Denton’s first female mayor were breakth… Read more
My mama always said the problem with happiness is that most of us would not know it if it bit us in the butt. Read more
The Texas Legislature is not short of emergencies that need attention, but Gov. Greg Abbott, who is giving his biennial State of the State spe… Read more
What do they mean by “Go with the flow”? Read more
Due primarily to the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas elected officials were bracing for a $4.6 billion budget deficit… Read more
Unity might seem like the political word of the day after its place at center stage in President Joe Biden’s inaugural address, but Texas offi… Read more
On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President of the United States Donald Trump spoke to a group of his supporters who had come to Washington, D.C., to “pro… Read more
We live in the age of growth. Globally, the equivalent of a new New York City is being built every month. Just imagine all that concrete, stee… Read more
Life has a funny way of taking what seems like bad luck and turning it into a blessing in disguise. For me, this happened when I recently lost… Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced too many tragedies to tally, but here is one that does not get talked about enough: It has worsened conditi… Read more
Gov. Greg Abbott says he will push legislation that would allow the state to withhold sales tax money due to local governments that chop their… Read more
It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. However, the impact on newspapers hasn’t be… Read more
The start of 2021 brings with it the hope the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines mean victory over the pandemic is in sight. This past week, the Texas… Read more
The Texas Capitol, where lawmakers gather every two years to pass laws, write budgets and argue politics, has a new function in 2021: It’s the… Read more
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” models winsome words to convert opponents into friends, a lesson forgotten or scorned a… Read more
My Mama often said, “Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres,” which roughly translates to “Tell me who you hang out with, and I will tell y… Read more
An open letter to Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Michael Burgess and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Read more
Editor’s note: This guest essay was submitted before the introduction of Articles of Impeachment against President Trump and before Wednesday’… Read more
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” Read more
There is light at the end of the tunnel. Read more
I had decided to get a book on Texas birds come spring, but I bought one today. I know we’re in the so-called “dead of winter,” but it sure fe… Read more
We are blessed with the freedoms and liberties of a Constitutional Republic. We live in a Federation: 50 States, united but with varied geogra… Read more
Before you know it, attention will turn from “there aren’t enough vaccines for the people who want them” to “not all of the people who ought t… Read more
It wasn’t long ago that Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, tried reassuring concerned lawmakers that his company isn’t the dangerous monopoly that m… Read more
Something is rotten in “Mini D.” Read more
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