10,000 Reasons We Need to Unleash SNAP to Fight the Coronavirus
Last week, the San Antonio Food Bank served a crowd of 10,000 Texans reeling from the economic effects of COVID-19. An aerial photo of...
Opinion: Abbott Needs to Lead on Issue of Standardized Tests for Texas Schoolchildren
Ordinarily, when I write a column, I write to what my ego would hope to be thousands of readers. Today, however, I write to...
Opinion: It’s Time to Replace Texas’ Racist Icons With Monuments Honoring Our African American...
Every day for the last two weeks, Texans have taken to the streets to protest police brutality and systemic racism in our country. On...
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”.
They need...
The School Voucher Racket is Going National, and it’s Right Out of Project 2025
Watch out. There’s a new school voucher scam — er, proposal — on the horizon, and it’s right out of the Project 2025 playbook....
Wandering In the Wilderness
"Wandering in the wilderness" is a literary metaphor that represents a period of uncertainty, confusion, and isolation. It’s a period of personal struggle and...
The Legislature Must Prioritize Texas’s Public Safety Personnel This Session
Texans have always proudly supported law enforcement, but our state’s public safety resourcesare stretched thin and in many ways getting thinner. Texas Department of...
All Navy Veterans Should Be Aware Of Asbestos Exposure
Asbestos exposure continues to be a pressing concern for Navy veterans who served on ships built from the 1930s to the early 1980s. Asbestos,...
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...
Dear Texas: Children Learn What They Live
Words can’t adequately express my dismay and disgust at the recent actions of the Legislature, HB 3979, and wealthy school districts across Texas.
There’s no...
