Texas’s Wealthiest Republican Donors Aren’t on Philanthropist List
The Chronicle of Philanthropy released its annual list of people who gave the most to charitable foundations this week. Missing from the list? Most...
Republicans Turning Their Backs on Business in Favor of Culture Wars
In the grand kickball game of American two-party politics, it’s widely understood that Republicans picked big business as part of their team. However, the...
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Trustee Scott Henry Under Fire
As voters become more polarized in certain parts of the country and elect candidates that express strong sentiments about cultural wedge issues, one question...
Texas Republicans Assault On Personal Liberty Puts State In National Spotlight
In 2011, a Houston filmmaker and photographer named Gary Watson released a six-issue comic called After Twilight that portrayed Texas as a theocratic secessionist...
What Now for Democrats in Texas?
Democrats took a historic election beating this week. In wrestling terms, it wasn’t a powerbomb; it was a powerbomb from the top rope through...
Conservatives Hope Llano County Book Ban Case Will Open Up Chances to Censor Libraries
One of the most important First Amendment cases in America is happening in Texas right now. At oral arguments before the 5th Circuit Court...
Lone Star Blues
In this week’s episode of Showtime’s “The Circus” entitled “Lone Star Blues,” Joe Straus, former speaker of the Texas House, placed most of the...
Cruz, Cornyn Help Kill $35 Insulin Price Cap
Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas helped strip a $35 per month price cap on insulin from the Inflation Reduction Act...
Abbott’s Voucher Push: A Political Waterloo In The Making?
Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s single-minded pursuit of school vouchers is drawing comparisons to Napoleon’s ill-fated Waterloo campaign. Long regarded as a military genius, Napoleon had...
America — Home to the Most Robust Democracy, or Simply the Most All-Consuming One?
This election season, millions of bleary-eyed voters, motivated by various combinations of hope, fear, and outrage, stood in voting lines after being bombarded by...
