Editorials

Why Obama can’t help the economy

One of the more thoughtful writers on the left, New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait, saw through President Barack…

Editorials

Local elections are also very important

Elections matter — and the more local an election is, the more it’s going to matter. That’s why…

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We know what can help relieve poverty

President Barack Obama is both over-simplifying and needlessly complicating the issue of poverty when he calls “income inequality”…

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Questioning Davis no ‘war on women’

Already, the narrative of the 2014 Texas governor’s race is being set. Democrats and many in the media…

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Misguided moves to normalize pot

Colorado residents are first to ask feds to block legal pot Marijuana legalization supporters rally in Tyler If…

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Income inequality just a red herring

On Tuesday, President Obama in his State of the Union address will again raise the specter of “income…

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‘Fairness’ is wrong goal to shoot for

Conservatives fall into a trap when they start complaining about unfairness. Yet that’s what many have been doing…

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The Roe decision coarsened society

Texas Democrats, advocates begin multi-year abortion rights effort When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Roe v.…

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Freedom of speech cannot be limited

It’s always nice when the goose acknowledges that the gander has a point. So when prominent thinkers on…

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Measuring progress in ‘War on Poverty’

Measurement matters. There’s an old business school saying: “what gets measured gets done.” That’s true. But it’s also…