Mask-wearing represents fear, not science

When I see people walking outside, often alone with no one anywhere near them, wearing a mask, my primary reactions are disappointment and sadness. I am disappointed because I expected better from my fellow Americans.

Giving false info, or no info

Why do Vice President Harris and President Biden, mainstream media, et. al., call the shooting in Atlanta a racist act? The shooter himself, a white man, stated in so many words that the six Asians and two white men were shot because they were involved with houses of ill repute.

Lobbying against taxpayers

The Texas Legislature is considering legislation that would ban the practice of local politicians using our tax dollars to lobby for legislation that we oppose. This is long overdue and badly needed.

The global trace-and-track regime

The Biden administration’s vaccine passport scheme is just the teeny-tiny tip of a massive privacy invasion iceberg.

Biden’s ‘cage’ for American children

Is it better for a 3-year-old child to spend more time with a government employee or a mother? President Joe Biden is pushing for a federal program to put preschool children in the hands of the former -- theoretically, as a benefit to the latter. What about summer vacations?

President cracks under presser

If Americans were concerned that Joe Biden hadn’t held a press conference, imagine how concerned they must be now that he has. After smashing the 100-year record for radio silence, most people assumed the 78-year-old president would be a little more prepared to meet the press.

America needs a secure border

Noe Victelio Rivera-Batres is a citizen of El Salvador who was convicted of illegally crossing the border into the United States three years ago and then ended up living in Las Vegas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement summarized his story in a press release it put out three weeks ago.

China must come clean on COVID

If a plane goes down, there has to be an investigation. Otherwise, no one would feel safe flying again. But a virus from China has killed 540,000 people in our country so far -- equal to 2,000 jumbo jet crashes -- and the Biden administration is doing nothing to get to the bottom of it.

Optometrists’ training not same as for ophthalmologists

As an eye surgeon and board-certified ophthalmologist in private practice in rural Burnet County, I am alarmed by the rise in scope of practice expansion bills that have been filed in the Legislature this session and the misinformation behind these efforts.

The latest lie: ‘anti-Asian racism’

If you rely on The New York Times, the Democratic Party or CNN -- they are interchangeable -- for your perception of reality, you now believe America is reeling from the latest expression of white supremacy: anti-Asian racism.