Opinion: Gov. Abbott Continues His Unconstitutional Control Over Independent State Officers. Does Anyone Care?
In June of 2016, the Texas Tribune reported that there were 336 state officers who were serving in their offices and exercising their statutory...
Opinion: Illogical School Policies Hurt Students, Educators, Communities
Misty Griffin was the kind of teacher every student wants and every parent dreams their child will have. She was a 14-year middle-school English...
Opinion: Hey Texas! Wear a Mask!
Due to our COVID-19 crisis, I have been at home a great deal lately, and I have spent hours watching the news and reading...
Opinion: In 2020, Year of the Nurse, We Must Fix Texas’ Nursing Shortage
The philosopher Joseph Campbell said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” COVID-19 has shown...
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...
Opinion: Six Questions Confronting Texas Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
This opinion piece was written by Brandon Rottinghaus, political science professor at the University of Houston.
The spread of COVID-19 and the resulting shelter-in-place orders...
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...
Fear And Chaos Are Both Effective And Affective
I am a self-admitted news junkie and I feel as if I have geographical whiplash from all the recent distressing news from around the...
Republicans Afraid Of Glitter, Not Guns
There have already been more than 100 mass shootings in the U.S. this year alone. But the GOP has steered away from gunpowder to...
Worst Person In The World
About 20 years ago, there was a program entitled ”Countdown” with Keith Olbermann which featured an ending segment, “Worst Person In the World”.
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