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.

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.