TEXAS VIEW: Texas medical marijuana program is a buzzkill
Nearly eight years after Texas first legalized medical marijuana, the state-run program remains plagued by excessive restrictions and limited distribution of weak cannabis that...
TEXAS VIEW: Gerrymandering serves parties, not voters
Another election has come and gone, but many of these races were over before they began.
The culprit was gerrymandering, the insidious practice in which...
TEXAS VIEW: Tarrant and Texas Republicans had a good election
Tarrant County Republicans had a solid night last Tuesday, sweeping countywide races comfortably. Things went even better for the statewide GOP, which heads into...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas GOP, you have a mandate from voters
Voters across Texas gave the GOP whopping victories in statewide races, establishing a clear mandate for conservative principles. But Texas Republicans who abuse that...
TEXAS VIEW: Antisemitism is on the rise
In his 1933 novel “The Oppermanns,” Lion Feuchtwanger did what all great writers do: He captured the specific to reveal the universal.
The book represents...
TEXAS VIEW: What happened to affordable flood insurance?
An unlikely coalition of free-market conservatives, good government groups, environmentalists and insurance industry lobbyists came together in 2012 to push Congress to reform the...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas can’t ignore extreme weather in planning future water supply
Just this past summer, broken water lines triggered a 13-day boil water notice in Laredo and a major water outage in Odessa, and Zapata...
TEXAS VIEW: On Election Day, vote for candidates who respect democracy
As you cast your ballot for your chosen candidates today, vote as if democracy depended on the outcome. Vote against those who threaten and...
TEXAS VIEW: How Texas can help reverse opioid overdoses
Opioid abuse is a multifaceted problem that impacts national security, economic stability, cybercrime and public health. While state and federal law enforcement must do...
TEXAS VIEW: Election deniers running for office turn democracy against itself
The most chilling aspect of the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol is that, almost two years later, the peril remains.
As the...