Late Sunday night, the Texas Legislature approved a new plan for corporate tax breaks. Or rather, they took Chapter 313, proposed legislation that grants companies discounts on school property...
Opinion: Transitory Genocide: Texas Grim Reaper Targets Minors
There are many misconceptions when it comes to the alarming rate of children being transitioned in the state of Texas. Many well-meaning people are still ignorant of the fact that it does happen...
Letter to the Editor: School Board Races
A lot has changed since I ran my first race for the Denton ISD Board of Trustees in 1988, some 34 years ago. Back then, school boards werenโt ground zero for the nationโs culture wars and contested...
Opinion: Want to Keep Underaged Texans from Smoking? Lower Tobacco Taxes
Over three years ago, the Texas Legislature raised the legal age for purchasing cigarettes from 18 to 21. Since then, tobacco use in the Lone Star State hasnโt budged. Clearly, increasing...
Opinion: Are We Living in the Twilight Zone?
If you've grown to adulthood with the idea that there are only two sexes, you may have to be re-educated to disabuse yourself of the notion that men are males and women are females.ย ย In an era that...
By Bob Weir | Nov 15, 2022
Opinion: The Elephant in the Room
So letโs talk about the elephant in the room, especially now that these two articles are out there. There is also this. Prior to this, many people have been talking about a particular county in...
Opinion: The Gaslighting of America
There was a comedy skit in a movie several years ago in which a woman comes home unexpectedly and finds her husband in bed with another woman.ย ย Shocked, she demands to know who the woman is and why...
By Bob Weir | Nov 7, 2022
Opinion: Got a Problem City Council Says Keep It to Yourself
The people of Dallas vote to elect city council members that will represent their interests in government, and these elected officials are supposedly accountable to the people who elected them. When...
Opinion: Attorney General Paxton Fighting Against Gender Mutilation of Children
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonโs office is investigating companies that sell, manufacture, and distribute puberty blockers because โwe think there are serious issues affecting a minorโs body at...
By Bob Weir | Oct 31, 2022
Opinion: History Reveals How Ridiculous Climate Change Hysteria Is
For several decades, we've been harangued by left-wing harbingers of doom, screeching at 140 decibels that global warming โ i.e., theย gradual heating of Earth's surface, oceans, and atmosphere โ is...
By Bob Weir | Oct 28, 2022
Opinion: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
As October draws to a close, I want to remind people that we need to speak up for victims of abuse all year long. The Violence Against Womenโs Act was re-authorized in March 2022. This will allow...
Opinion: A Defense of Public Christianity
It appears that โChristian nationalismโ has become the boogeyman of the month. One op-ed in the Washington Post declares that it โexerts control and fosters political violence through public...
Opinion: Creuzot Must Go: Time for a DA Who Will Do Their Job
Dallas is in the midst of one of the most alarming rises in crime occurring anywhere in the nation. Whether its thefts of cars or just their catalytic converters, or an outright scary rise in the...
Opinion: Crypto is Right for the Future of Texas
Thanks to our pro-business and innovation-friendly policies, Texas is a leader in our nationโs business ecosystem. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex alone is home to more than 20 Fortune 500 companies...
By Tim Savage | Oct 18, 2022
Opinion: Border Security Is National Security
Growing up in a small border town, we werenโt accustomed to large volumes of crime, such asย road chases,ย home break-ins, damaged property, large amounts of drugs, and human smuggling rings in our...
Opinion: Open Borders Encourages Inhumane Use of Warehouses
Since the Biden Administration took office, there have been more than 3.6 million reported apprehension and over 900,000 known gotaways which have crossed over the Southwestern U.S. border,...
Opinion: When Being Rational is Grounds for Termination
Have you ever wondered about the phrase, common sense? Simply put, itโs a rational way of thinking that comes naturally to all humans. Itโs an innately-provided type of knowledge that is unspoken...
By Robert Weir | Oct 13, 2022
Opinion: 5G Wireless Networks Will Bring Safer Streets and Communities for Dallas
In the past 10 years, mobile data usage has increased 100 times. There are more ways than ever for people to stay connected. From students relying on the internet at home for learning, to millions...
By Malcolm Eve | Oct 12, 2022
Opinion: The Importance Of Domestic Violence Laws
โOn a typical day, domestic violence Hotlineโs receive approximately 21,000 calls, an average of close to 15 calls every minute.โ Statistics. Think about this. That very likely means that you know...
Opinion: Low Expectations Lead to Low Results
Thirteen years in the trenches serving homeless women with children reinforced a grand life lesson for me: โtreat a person as he or she is and watch them remain so. Treat a person as he or she can...
By Michele Steeb | Oct 4, 2022
Opinion: OโRourkeโs Anti-Texas Debate
It makes absolutely no sense for the media to be in charge of political debates in Texas or anywhere else. They donโt even pretend to be neutral players anymore. They are on the liberal Democrat...