Editorial: Texas is the king of energy states. Why can’t we be sure the power will stay on?
Editorial: The frustration with the new US disinformation board? Too little information
Editorial: The perverse logic of capital punishment
Commentary: Trade schools are an equally respectable option as traditional 4-year colleges
The days of having a college diploma guarantee a good job have long been over. More and more, college graduates are not only seeing employers shrug their shoulders at diplomas, but also the job …
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Commentary: Deep racial inequality persists in the US — but many Americans don’t want to believe it
Progress toward racial equality in the United States is real – and possible – if we look, for …
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Commentary: Day after day of gun violence in America. Nothing changes
"Nothing changed after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora. Nothing changed after children were …
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Commentary: Enjoy the prom while you can, kids
Prom season is upon us. It’s wonderful to see the excitement on the faces of young people as they …
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Commentary: COVID-19 cases among TSA officers shows effects of end to federal mask mandate
On April 18, a federal court judge ended the federal transportation face mask mandate, deeming it …
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Commentary: The pendulum is swinging back, reversing hard-won sexual freedoms and civil rights
The leaked Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., which would overturn Roe v. Wade, …
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Commentary: Jan. 6 committee has delayed delivery long enough
Perhaps with the unrelenting volume from one screaming news cycle after the next, you failed to …
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Commentary: The GOP’s anti-abortion crusade is not pro-family at all
In the hours after the bombshell leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion toppling Roe v. Wade, I awaited the torrent of …
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Commentary: For pro-lifers, overturning Roe is one step in fight to make abortion unnecessary, not the end
Abortion-rights’ supporters’ sky-is-falling hysteria is contributing mightily to the misapprehension that the leaked draft U.S. Supreme …
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Commentary: What’s behind the Supreme Court's bid to overturn Roe v. Wade? A hidden GOP agenda against women
What’s behind the manipulated and blatantly partisan U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn a critical landmark decision that allowed women in …
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Commentary: Inflation, recession and the 2022 midterms
With six months to go until the 2022 midterm elections, the economic indicators continue to deteriorate for Democrats. While unemployment …
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Commentary: Abolish the courts’ wanton use of nationwide injunctions
One federal district court judge should not be able to halt a federal government policy for the entire country. Yet that is exactly what …
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Commentary: Under Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, who will protect users?
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has triggered widespread criticism. Many people are panicked about the direction Musk will take the social …
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Commentary: The US response to COVID-19 hasn’t been a train wreck. We’re just average
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken another turn with new variants BA.2 and BA.2.12.1, which are apparently more contagious but less severe than …
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Commentary: Silent majority of Americans who support abortion rights just learned the danger of silence
Here we go again. While the planet sizzles and Russia invades Eastern Europe, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim hundreds of lives …
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Commentary: A better presidential primary for 2024
No election in the United States is as important as our elections for president. Yet if the last two cycles have told us anything, it’s that …
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Analysis: Texas is great — and ought to be better
2022 is an election year, a chance for Texas voters to tell the people who represent them what the state needs and what it doesn’t need, to …
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Letter: Book battle screams 'McCarthy-ism'
Governor Abbott and Representative Matt Krause are using tactics from Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950’s when he screamed there are communists …
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LETTER: The Constitution is the answer to our prayers
This time in history is unparalleled. We are no longer asleep. From the time Trump won the primary, we watched first in shock and later in …
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Letters: "Too-quickly-sketchy 'vaccine'" is socialism
Way to use 9/11 to try to guilt people to get the too-quickly-sketchy 'vaccine', to 'protect' others..even though people with the vaccine are …
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Letter: The elephant in the room
Can we talk about the other elephant in the school board meeting of “that” Central Texas suburb in Austin? I am not talking about COVID, …
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LETTER: It’s time to abolish the filibuster
Every senator who protects the filibuster is guilty of protecting a Jim Crow relic that was used to block civil rights legislation for decades. …
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LETTERS: Sweetheart deal
Residents of Cedar Park will have an increase in their bills from PEC because CP has doubled the franchise fee from 2% to 4%. While causing …
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