Ideological Purity Runs Rampant At The Texas GOP Convention
In America’s reddest state, moderation and prudence are increasingly seen as a betrayal of conservatism and a reason to purge the GOP.
Why Gun Owners Shouldn’t Be Shut Out Of The Gun Safety Conversation
To help reduce crime, we must discuss gun owners’ responsibilities that come with the exercise of our Second Amendment rights.
What Some Teachers Think About Carrying Guns Doesn’t Match Historical Reality
Before 1995, states let teachers carry concealed handguns at school. Research was unable to find a single instance when faculty improperly used a permitted handgun at school.
Everything We Know About The Texas High School Shooting
This post will be updated as the story develops.
Dispatch from SXSW: It’s All About The Music, Man
It’s much, much harder to enjoy all that SXSW has to offer than it used to be, at least without being forced to buy an expensive badge.
A Short Strange Trip To The South By Southwest Festival
Luckily, the festival delivered again, with a disorienting mix of trendy tech panels and sweaty queues to nowhere.
Dispatch from SXSW: Brooklyn Grub Comes To Austin
There’s the Buttermilk Fried Chicken & Waffle, the Waffle Burger, even the Smoked Salmon Waffle, plus sweeter verities with Nutella, chocolate covered Strawberries, and the best: S’mores.
Beto O’Rourke Just Showed Everyone How To Lose An Election In Texas
The Democratic congressman aiming to unseat Ted Cruz in November told a panel at SXSW that he’d like ban AR-15s.
One Stat Explains Why The California Legislature Is Prone To Pass Outrageous Laws
When lawmaking is turned into a full-time occupation, professionals will eventually dominate the field, and the consequences are easy to see: bigger government, higher taxes, and more powerful and arbitrary regulations.
State Rep Accused Of Using Child Protective Services To Defeat 2016 Opponent Wins Again
Bo French says Texas state Rep. Charlie Geren is behind a fraudulent phone call to child protective services that hurt his 2016 primary campaign.
The Details In That Illegal Immigrant Abortion Case Are Finally Coming Out
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals filled in some of the details about a ‘barely 14-year-old’ illegal immigrant who changed her mind about getting an abortion with the help of the federal government.
New Case Could Undermine ACLU’s Push To Secure U.S. Abortions For Illegal Immigrants
Why are two activist lawyers trying to get an abortion for an underage noncitizen who insists she doesn’t want one?
After Lawsuits, FEMA Stops Discriminating Against Religious Relief Organizations
FEMA is now accepting disaster aid applications through February 4 from houses of worship damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
Read The #MeToo Article By A Rape Survivor That A Texas Attorney Was Fired For Posting On Facebook
A top lawyer resigned from the Texas Attorney General’s Office just hours after posting a Federalist article criticizing aspects of the #MeToo movement.
Hollywood Can Hardly Compete With Wendy Davis’s Fabrications In Lionizing Her Nonexistent Legacy
It may be fitting Hollywood wants to immortalize Wendy Davis, since so much of her story is essentially a manufactured fairy tale.
Men With Guns Like Stephen Willeford Save More People Than Cynics Like Stephen Colbert
Empathy is a man picking up his gun and running towards a killer. It’s not sitting in safety shooting your mouth off into your phone, or at your TV audience.
Hero Who Stopped Texas Gunman: I Couldn’t Have Stopped Him Without My AR-15
‘If I had run out of the house with a pistol and faced a bulletproof vest and kevlar and helmets, it might have been futile.’
15 Of The Most Unhinged Responses To The Texas Church Massacre Yet
In the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Texas on Sunday a lot of idiots on the Internet have decided to say a lot of totally unhinged things.
When The Saints Of First Baptist Church Were Murdered, God Was Answering Their Prayers
Sometimes, God’s will is done by allowing temporal evil to be the means through which he delivers us from eternal evil.
Texas Speaker’s Exit Relieves Longtime Roadblock To Conservative Policies
The race for speaker will be complex and dirty. There hasn’t been upheaval like this in Texas politics since Rick Perry opted not to run for re-election as governor.
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