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Smart lone star refusals
Foolish short-term cash infusions from the federal government have proven to be costly. They provide a huge new expense for the state government, while only funding the first year or two. Our state has...
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Tea party potency
After three years of activity tea party leaders have a better understanding of how the system corrupts good people. Generally, the establishment gives a conservative a seat at their table, often...
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The spending can’t continue
The notion that anything in government is efficient is ridiculous on its face. Nobody believes it, and yet everyone asking for new revenues is using it as a load-bearing assumption. Like governments...
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IRS helps motivate conservatives
For a year the Internal Revenue Service has been under fire for harassing tea party groups. Now it seems the much-maligned bureaucracy is leaking sensitive documents in what looks like an effort to...
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School vouchers getting closer
The school vouchers fight is on again. Over the past 30 years the left has developed ways to confuse this issue. We are likely to hear some of them next session. The good news is, after 30 years of...
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“Stop TLR” is still trying
If you are a conservative and/or Republican in Texas, you have probably been served Facebook ads by a group called “Stop TLR”. Though they present themselves as conservative the group is actively...
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Leadership needed
November will be another anti-Obama wave election in Texas. This means that down-ballot open seats and some incumbent Democrats will be available for the GOP to capture. Leaders in the Republican Party...
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Media playing favorites
Last week Bob Garrett, writing for the Dallas Morning News, told a one-sided story regarding the Texas Insurance Commission. As a result, Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman chided Garrett,...
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Trevino brings culture war into focus
For decades in our public square the culture war has been one-sided. We’ve thrown out the old and ushered in the new. Hiring writers was easy for editorial boards back when liberalism was the exciting...
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Conventional wisdom revisited
Texans will soon gear up for the general election. Politicos already are. Last month we asked the question, “in TX, is Obama worse off now than in 2010?”. It is an important question to ask since in...
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Will Straus side with Transparency?
Recently Joe Straus has come under fire from Democrats and Republicans for the way his office handled redistricting. AgendaWise began trying a year ago to gather important information about how the...
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Straus still anti-tort reformers’ speaker choice
Team Straus is desperate to distract from the fact that they preserve the political relevance of the enemies of tort reform in Texas – Texas Trial Lawyer’s Association (TTLA) and the Democratic Party....
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Liberal panic is sweet sound for Texas
In his Monday email, veteran establishment pundit Harvey Kronberg tried to spin the effects of increased accountability in Texas politics, saying recent Texas political happenings, “…all point to...
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Gambling propaganda campaign is on
Texas racetrack owners have begun trying to convince Texans that casinos are a good idea. Actually, this push is about “racinos” (slot machines at the racetrack) not casinos, but “casinos” is the...
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Joe Straus vs. Tea Party allies
On Monday FreedomWorks endorsed Bryan Hughes for Speaker of the Texas House. Hughes announced he was running for the post before the primary. Texas conservatives enjoyed major success in the primary....
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Speaker math stumps journalists
Today Rice University hosted a preview of the 2013 legislative session. The second panel of the day moderated by Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune was comprised of Kate Alexander of the Austin American...
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Leadership in the Texas Band of Brothers
Since the Tea Party Awakening, conservatives in the Texas Legislature have been steadily gaining ground. The Awakening has been a high-beam spotlight, showing Texans which legislators keep the promises...
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Choose wisely
Mark Jones of Rice University’s Baker Institute previewed the 2013 Texas legislature with a blog post on the Houston Chronicle’s Baker Institute blog. Jones correctly predicted that the Texas Senate...
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Lessons learned, school choice can pass now
School choice will have enough allies in the 83rd legislature for it to pass. Past attempts may have suffered from overwrought strategy. The good news is that past mistakes are easily fixable. Three...
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