Dear Texas: You Can’t Eat Cultural and Social Issues

If you’ve read Biden’s Build Back Better bill (BBB) and you’re familiar with the economic demographics in Texas, it’s easy to see that Texas...

In 2022, Run Away From the Enlightenment Peddlers

Every January 1, we resolve to do certain things. Our success in meeting those goals is intended to transform our lives, so perhaps it’s...

The Secret Lives of Railroads

“The great truth of America,” John Oliver once said, is that “if you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring.”  Hello, Railroad...

Difficult Conversations About ‘The Knee’ Necessary to Move Texas Forward

What’s it going to take? Black men — and those who care for us — are choking on these words. What’s it going to...

Investing In Affordable Childcare Is Investing In Our Local Economy: Travis County Can’t Afford...

If we care about our local economy, we need to care about affordable childcare. Inaccessible, unaffordable childcare already costs the Texas economy $9.39 billion...

Hell Is Empty and All the Devils are Here in Texas

Texas Tribune reports that one hundred plus Texans were pardoned for their role in January 6th insurrection this week. According to the NPR database, there...

Opinion: TEA Insistence on STAAR Testing During Pandemic is Outrageous

In psychology, there is an important theory called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In a nutshell, Abraham Maslow theorized that people are motivated by five...

The Jewish Case For Harris As President

Across the globe, Jews are heading to synagogues for Yom Kippur and praying thattheir names be entered into the Book of Life for another...

Texas School Accountability: Good For kids? Parents? Texas?

What’s in a name? That which we (Texans) call an accountability system would smell just as foul. My apologies to Shakespeare, but the dilemma...

Opinion: Medicaid Expansion Good for Business

Say you were told that every dollar you contribute toward a cause would be matched with $9. Sounds like a pretty good deal, doesn’t...
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