They Let Us Eat Cake…

Blackie Sherrod—arguably the best sportswriter this side of the ancient Olympic Games begun in Greece seven centuries before the birth of Christ—had a name for us. He classified us as drones and worker bees, mostly “9-to-5’ers” with little hope of ever getting ahead.

On Your Payroll

President Joe Biden, 1600 Pennsylvania, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500 (202) 456-1414. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Russell Senate Office Bulding 404, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-5922. Dallas office: LB 606, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1160, Dallas, TX 75231-2223. (214) 599-8749. U.S. Sen.

Our Future Depends on Learning From Sept. 11

Our country last weekend mourned history's worst attack on the U.S. mainland, 20 years after extreme Islamic terrorists hijacked four jets and killed nearly 3,000 individuals in one morning. Our country lost exactly 2,996 individuals to the attacks.

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Abbott calls third special session Gov.

Aspen Lab Fails its Own Litmus Test

We noted here Monday that nationally prominent political commentator Candace Owens was refused service -- a COVID test, no less -- by a medical lab in Aspen last week because the business didn't care for her public stance on vaccination, masks and the pandemic overall.

On Your Payroll

President Joe Biden, 1600 Pennsylvania, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500 (202) 456-1414. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Russell Senate Office Bulding 404, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-5922. Dallas office: LB 606, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1160, Dallas, TX 75231-2223. (214) 599-8749. U.S. Sen.

Now They Can Be Told…

Preachers, bless ‘em, don’t have to look hard for reasons to laugh. Some are able to put laughter “on hold,” restraining guffaws until sermons end; others can only surrender to the humor of the moment. This day, I’ll address the “long and the short of it,” The former, Dr.

Toxic Victimhood

Are you a racist? All white people are, says "White Fragility" author Robin DiAngelo. Race explains everything, says bestselling "How to Be an Antiracist" author Ibram X. Kendi. "Every policy is either racist or anti-racist.

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More than 600 new laws in effect More than 600 new laws signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott went into effect Sept. 1.

Biden's Campaign Promise Gets Americans Killed

President Joe Biden fancies himself a hero, not the Nero, who ended a war of "nation-building" in Afghanistan. Toward this fantasy, he ordered the most strategically inept and self-serving conclusion to any war in American history.