The Idle American

It’s no longer likely that many sons and daughters will enter their parents’ professions.There are exceptions, of course.

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Gains seen in all subjects on STAAR testsTexas high school students showed improvement in every subject in this spring’s end-of-course STAAR exams, the Texas Education Agency reported.The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, biology and U.S. history.

Magic Medicine?

People are excited about peptides.The internet is filled with claims: Peptides raise your energy, boost metabolism, clear your skin, slow down aging, build more muscle, repair injuries ...I want some! But there's a problem: The FDA bans most of them. Why? Dr.

A Visionary No More…

Persons claiming to have the same mental faculties and physical capabilities that they had a half-century ago probably fib about other things, too. Some formerly judged such jokers to be guilty of committing “terminological inexactitudes,” a term far kinder than “baldfaced liars!

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Screwworm detection prompts disaster declarationGov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration late last week after the New World screwworm was found in two calves in South Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Here to 'Help'

Politicians promise they'll 'help' us.President Donald Trump says he'll 'create the jobs and future you deserve.'President Joe Biden liked to say, 'Help is on the way.

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.