Bureaucrats in the Way

Is your business 'needed'?Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is 'needed.'Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula Newell-Davis from helping kids with special needs.

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Paxton hopes to unify Republicans after runoffAttorney General Ken Paxton and his allies began working to repair fissures among GOP voters after he routed incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the March 26 runoff, The Dallas Morning News reported.

250 Years

by John Stossel This summer, the United States celebrates its 250th birthday. In 1776, few people believed this new version of self-government would last. After the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government the Founding Fathers had created.

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State’s wind projects at a standstillDozens of Texas wind projects have been halted because the Department of Defense has not approved the federal permits required for them to move forward, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Oh, Will, Oh, Johnny….

They are missed, these two men who didn’t try to make us love each other, but at the very least, made us tolerant of each other during their professional lives. Perhaps unknowingly, their gentle humor fostered tolerance.

The Steyer Smear

by John Stossel Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher.Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.'My views are entirely mainstream,' says Pielke.

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Early voting in runoffs ends FridayEarly voting in both the Democratic and Republican runoff races ends Friday, May 22, with the election on Tuesday, May 26.On the GOP side, the statewide runoffs are:• U.S.

The Thing That Works

by John Stossel Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change.They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, 'Capitalism ... is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental and social cost. That is not a redeemable system.

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Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety lawTop Texas legislators are pushing to waive a new state law that requires camps to install broadband fiber optics in order to legally operate this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported. Scores of camps are struggling to meet the deadline. Lt. Gov.

Finally Whole…

Accounts of folks “pulling themselves up by their boot straps” warm hearts; when such is done without boots, it’s a whole ‘nuther thing.“Wholeness” was achieved in January when Brian Janak received a phone call he didn’t expect from a half-brother he didn’t know he had.