If Biden Wins, He Will Owe the Far Left

On the second night of the truncated Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden granted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a prime speaking slot.

Facts of Later Life…

It seems like only yesterday that my friend Roy McQueen thought himself to be “middle-aged.” Oh, he knows that life spans would need to reach three digits for this to be a literal truth.

Big Spending Biden

Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first, Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Last year, we compared the costs of the leading Democratic candidates' promises. At that time, Biden, to his credit, proposed the least new spending. Kamala Harris promised the most. She wanted to add $4.

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Texas tries nation’s first virtual criminal trial A Texan’s speeding ticket put her in the legal history books last week. To combat the backlog in criminal cases created by the pandemic, a Travis County justice of the peace conducted the nation’s first virtual criminal trial.

Views From Panhandle Editors

I love peanuts but was banned from bringing peanuts in the shell into our home years ago. I have taught my grandchildren, however, to enjoy shelling and gobbling goobers in the backyard and have been known to crack and eat a few in my pickup.

Sen. Kamala Harris, the Cancel Culture Cop

Joe Biden would rather sate the appetites of his party's culture warriors than unite a divided nation. That's the central lesson from his choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as a running mate.

Not as ‘Hot’ as We Thought…

Americans have fallen into a crevice of sloppiness with usage of the word “hot,” and it has nothing to do with 100-plus degree days. Indeed, “hot” has become a handy word for descriptions that don’t involve thermometers. “Hot” describes fast cars, stolen property and well-sculpted bodies….

Anti-Racist Racists

Black Lives Matter protests led many people to want to do something useful to reduce racial injustice. Racial justice groups are being flooded with money. Big companies made multimillion-dollar donations. "Bad idea," says Black radio host Larry Elder in my new video. "It is condescending...

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Instead of No. 2 pencils, PPEs top back-to-school list Back-to-school lists aren’t the same this year. Gov. Greg Abbott talked last week about why the state is stockpiling personal protective equipment.

Views From Panhandle Editors

I went to the doctor last Thursday expecting a diagnosis ranging from late-onset neck acne to an aneurism. Not being in the construction business, or having slightest clue of how to work a nail gun, when my doctor told me I had the shingles, I told him I didn’t even have a place to store them.