China's Dark Turn

"I'm more anti-China than you!" That's a new theme of this election. Joe Biden says, "We will never again be at the mercy of China!" Donald Trump replies, "China would own our country if Joe Biden got elected!

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

High-tech Lincoln Logs turn heads in Texas Trees are almost as old as dirt in the construction industry, but they’re new to Texas in the form of the state’s first mass timber office building.

Amazon Links With a 'Culture of Racism'

The increasingly Orwellian cancel culture has a hateful law firm determining which charities are worthy of donations. U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., wants answers. At issue is a practice of AmazonSmile, an Amazon service that allows consumers to direct 0.

Farewell for a While…

Few emotional swings reach from the highest high to lowest low in a period of 60 hours. My wife Brenda and I celebrated our 54 th wedding anniversary on August 12. Three days later, our oldest daughter, Julie Choate, succumbed to a pulmonary embolism.

Convention Highlights

If presidential conventions determine outcomes, this election is over. Fortunately for Democrats, and to the vexation of Republicans, nominating conventions lack such power. The contrast between the Democratic and Republican conventions could not be clearer.

Capital Highlights

Hurricane Laura brings renewed pitch for Ike Dike As thousands fled southeast Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura, Texas A&M promoted an Ike Dike as a critical way to protect the region from devastating damage.

Want To Boost Economic Growth? Tell Government To Spend Less

Intellectuals are supposed to speak truth to power. Unfortunately, some seem to be more interested in saying what everyone expects them to say, which only reinforces the status quo. Thankfully, a few scholars are resisting this trend, fighting for what is true rather than what is popular.

16-Year-Old NOT ‘DeFEETed’…

The aura of a special day added to the enchantment of a special place, beautiful Bryant Park in Manhattan. The weather was made to order, unseasonably cool, and a few thousand people— most of them visiting gawkers like me—adorned the grassy pallet of green.

Signs of Trump Victory

Don't kid yourself. Don't be fooled by the bravado. Democrats behind the scenes are scared and getting more desperate by the day because there are so many signs of a coming Donald Trump victory. The signs are everywhere. Polls show an overwhelming majority of Americans don't want to defund police.

Capital Highlights

School year brings an Apple for students, too Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic.