Reflections on America’s 250th: character matters

On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Why Texas needs 765-kV lines

Those in the energy industry have offered information to support the high-voltage transmission line projects and Texas’ new Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan. Their commentary is offered below.Every story about Texas in the last 20 years has been a story about growth.

Why anti-Trump Republicans keep losing

President Donald Trump isn’t manipulating Republican voters. He’s empowering them to do something they’ve long wanted -- elect strong conservatives, not fake ones.On May 19, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) lost his primary to a Trumpendorsed candidate, Ed Gallrein.

My advice for Ken Paxton

Now that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has roundly defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff primary for Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat, the real battle begins.Paxton’s opponent on the Democrat Party ticket is James Talarico, a former teacher and member of the Texas House of...

The right way with technology

If you lived in America in 1843 and wanted to communicate with someone in a distant state, you would have to send that person a written message delivered by land.

What ‘compassion’ is not

One of the most frustrating aspects of contemporary conversations about politics and public policy is how often the deleterious effects of terrible programs are brushed aside with claims that the intentions behind the policies were “compassionate.”

The other Iranian threat

Three days after President Donald Trump was elected to his second term, then-President Joe Biden’s Justice Department published a press release that included a statement by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland -- and cited murderous acts Iran was allegedly planning to perpetrate inside the United...

Trump and the looming MAGA challenge

Donald Trump is the undisputed king of the Republican Party.

A society without God is a society without truth

On Thursday evening, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot.

Big business bows down in Beijing

Among the $308.37 billion in goods the United States imported from the People’s Republic of China in 2025, the No. 1 category was described by the Census Bureau as “cell phones and other household goods.”