Sequester-what?
Apparently the world as we know it is about to end. The sky is falling! Happiness is ending! SEQUESTRATION! Or maybe not. An informative graph from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University shows...
View ArticleTax-Free Gun Rights
In what might be my favorite tax-legislation filed this Session, Texans would be able to celebrate the Texas Independence Day observance by buying guns and ammunition tax-free. For those of you who...
View ArticleTerm Limit Turkeys
Showing great boldness and vision, the Texas Senate passed a “term limits” measure today that doesn’t include them and grandfathers in incumbents. Stunning. The measure’s author, tax and spend moderate...
View ArticleBag-Ban Ban
It is never a good idea to let government interfere in the free market, coming between the relationship between buyer and a seller. Which is exactly what my adopted hometown of Austin has done by...
View ArticleDemocrats Gone Wild
It’s been a really bad month for the mostly irrelevant Democratic Party in Texas. The media narrative was how carpet-bagger Jeremy Bird, an Obama-nut organizer, was moving to Texas and launching...
View ArticleHe Is Risen!
Today we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord. That singular event in human history that involves each of us in the most personal and everlasting of ways. Jesus, the Son of God, did for us what we —...
View ArticleThatcher: Liberty’s Lady
Liberty lost one of her fiercest advocate with the passing of Margaret Thatcher. Once derided for bucking the status quo by even running for Parliament in the first place, she demonstrated an iron will...
View ArticleAggie Muster: Standing United
While the rest of the state celebrates San Jacinto Day, Aggies will be observing our most somber of traditions: the Muster. On the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, Aggies gather to remember...
View ArticleThoughts on House Bill 11
The Texas House has an important vote tomorrow on House Bill 11 (the funding mechanism for HB4), and I thought I would offer my thoughts on the issue in a more detailed way than I will be doing in a...
View ArticleDeath of HB11 – A Quick Post-Mortem
House Bill 11, drawing $2 billion from the Economic Stabilization Fund, died on a Point of Order raised by Rep. Sylvester Turner. He cited Rule 8, Section 21, “Consideration of Bills Involving State...
View ArticleThey Died So That We Can Be Free
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” – George Patton In his unique way, General Patton was — of course — right. We spend so much time...
View ArticleLife, Preeminent Of Rights
Later this week, we will celebrate our nation’s independence. Ironically a special Texas legislative begins today in which lawmakers will consider the most inalienable of rights. Our nation’s founding...
View ArticleRise of the SWAT
OK, maybe NASA needs a S.W.A.T. team in case aliens invade. I’ll buy that. But why does the Department of Education need one? An article in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal chronicles the rise of the...
View ArticleObamaCare Is About To Hit
Ready or not, the click is ticking down before ObamaCare is fully implemented. While I that the National Republican Congressional Committee is pushing a fancy website clock tool, I wish the...
View ArticleFeed The Poor? Try Sculpting Them!
A special thank you to the Austin City Council for demonstrating the difference between how churches and government approach the plight of the least amongst us. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says,...
View ArticleConstitution Day
On September 17, 1787, the US Constitution came into existence. Today, 226 years later, it feels our founding document is no longer under attack… It is simply ignored. While the Constitution has...
View ArticleNot When It Mattered
If you are one of those who has thought there is no difference between the GOP and the Democrats, I am sorry to say that John Cornyn and 24 other “Surrender Caucus” senators proved you right today. In...
View ArticleNonessential
It’s reported that “nonessential” federal employees are furloughed today. It seems that only in government can you have: 1) A looming budget meltdown 2) the preponderance of your employees labelled as...
View ArticleMore Government Debt
The next big fight in DC, after the current big fight, is on raising the federal debt limit — currently at $16.7 trillion. Please raise your hand if you think our problem is a lack of sufficient...
View ArticleObama The Debt Machine
When the history of the Obama Administration is written, they will have to use a lot of red ink. According to the Washington Times, the federal debt has jumped 57 percent during Barack Obama’s years in...
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