A Bipartisan Solution for Out-of-Control Border

18,890. That’s how many unaccompanied children crossed our southern border last month. For context, it’ s enough people to fill every seat in the AT&T Center. We know the journey to our border isn’t safe or easy for children.

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Health-care expansion defeated in House A bid to expand health coverage for low-income Texans failed in the Texas House last week, 80-68. State leaders have long opposed expanding the Medicaid program, which is largely funded by the federal government.

The Johnson & Johnson Pause

In 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, famously said: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that, it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before." That lesson appears to have been well-learned by the left.

A Look Back at Immovable Coaches…

There are a handful of college coaches in this land whose names are interchangeable with the colleges they served during their entire careers. They were paid salaries that would be laughable compared to contracts held by many big-name coaches today. The coaches were J.

Go Green, Go Nuclear

This Thursday, Earth Day, politicians and activists will shout more about "the climate crisis." I don't think it's a crisis. COVID-19, malaria, exploding debt, millions of poor children dying from diarrhea -- those are genuine crises.

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Early voting underway across state Early voting began Monday for May 1 elections in county, city and school district elections.Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs encourages all eligible voters to take advantage of the early voting period, which runs through Tuesday, April 27.

Views from Around the Panhandle

A friend shared the following with me last week. It made me grin. Now That I’m Older... —Don’t be worried about your smartphone or TV spying on you. Your vacuum cleaner has been collecting dirt on you for years. —If you can’t think of a word say, “I forgot the English word for it.

The Gaslighting of the American People

Last week, Project Veritas released a video of Charlie Chester, a CNN technical director, talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"; she had purposely targeted him and videoed him surreptitiously.

Record Holder No More…

“I’m gonna snatch you baldheaded” was an idle threat made by my saintly mother throughout my youth and beyond. She never did such snatching literally, but this was her expression of choice when she was truly ticked off.

Birding Has Blossomed

An old saying tells us that if a bird poops on your head, it’s a sign of good luck. Well, lucky or not, Texans have a higher chance of this occurrence than most.