Editorials

Randolph Thrower, honorable taxman

A death occurred earlier this month that should not go unremarked. Randolph W. Thrower, an attorney who headed…

Editorials

Tyler area businesses, individuals support charities

The recent article in the Tyler Paper by Terry Miller entitled “Buy local and see your money trickle…

Editorials

Overtime changes will hurt workers

For all of the talk about the minimum wage, little has been said about another measure President Barack…

Editorials

Science-based help is better for addicts

Results matter. That’s one of our mantras, because it’s a principle that seems to be lost in many…

Editorials

Public and private sectors help poor

A fundamental tenet of the liberal faith is the primacy of the government’s role in our lives. Conservatives…

Editorials

Religious freedom in the Constitution

Texas businesses unite against ‘discriminatory’ legislation Apple’s Tim Cook calls ‘religious objection’ laws dangerous Protests against religious freedom…

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Economists agree wage hike will hurt

Protests for $15-an-hour wages set to expand Wednesday This really shouldn’t be news to anyone. But a new…

Editorials

Don’t silence those you disagree with

In the recent kerfuffle over Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q and its hosting of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis,…

Editorials

Should Legislature kill franchise tax?

With Republican control of the Texas Legislature all but assured, some of the down-ballot propositions in the March…

Editorials

New NASA report is blatant politics

We pay NASA to make science fiction into reality. We don’t pay NASA to turn history into liberal…