Throughout the country, state legislative sessions conduct their regularly scheduled business. Their agenda is a mixed bag between the liberal and conservative perspective. For example, Michigan with its Democratic government recently repealed its “right-to-work” law, scoring a big win for labor rights in The Wolverine State, whereas the Florida Governor-and…

Almost two weeks ago, the public learned former Red Raiders Head Basketball Coach Bob Knight was hospitalized and then released from the hospital. It turned out the legendary coach suffered and later recovered from a bout with pneumonia. With Knight’s illness, it got me thinking about the 82-year-old’s Hall of…

For the past year, I wrote extensively on voucher programs. It appears, as though, “facts and evidence” — as former President John Adams would say — is replaced by wishes and manipulation. This is a sad place to be, especially in a debate so essential to our future as education…

Governor Abbott gave his State of the State Address in February, labeling certain issues to his emergency item list. To jog the memory, if an item is declared an “emergency item,” it must be addressed by the Legislature in the first 60 days of the session, per the Texas Constitution…

Before the start of the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced a whopping $32.7 billion in projected surplus of the state biennium budget, totaling a $188.2 billion in general revenue spending. The fight, now, is what to do with the budget surplus. Before getting into…

On Sunday, January 15, 2023, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal published a letter to the editor response to my January 7th column from a pro-voucher Economics Professor at Texas Tech. Below is my response to his letter, which will be published Sunday, January 22. In his recent letter (Responding with studies on…

As we gear up for another Christmas, it is time for us to remember our why. As for me, Christmas means a variety of things but nothing means more to me than spending time with loved ones. As a child, Christmas was a thrill. I would be the first one…

When Elon Musk took over the reins of social media giant Twitter, conservatives crowed about how it was victory for the First Amendment. Is social media the arena for free speech? Let us take to the Constitution and see. The First Amendment to the Constitution reads “Congress shall make no…

With the dust settled over the midterms, we must now look onward to the upcoming legislative session that begins January 10. One of the anticipated items to be addressed is school vouchers. I wrote about school vouchers earlier in the year and encouraged readers to research the voucher debate and…