TEXAS VIEW: Blocking the press also blocks the truth
Journalists are not the story in Uvalde. They are there to tell the story of Uvalde, following a tragedy that will always remain beyond...
TEXAS VIEW: McConaughey, Abbott illustrate our stark divide on guns
In the days since a gunman massacred 19 children and two schoolteachers in Uvalde, two of Texas’ most prominent figures stepped into the national...
TEXAS VIEW: Will big fines force Texas to fix its foster care system?
During the latest hearing in Texas’ decade-long foster care lawsuit, federal District Judge Janis Graham Jack again threatened to hold two state agencies in...
TEXAS VIEW: Biden aims too high on guns
The fate of meaningful gun-law changes in Texas may lie in the hands of thousands of Republicans set to gather in Houston.
Texas GOP convention...
Want to carry weapons? Do it like the military
One go-to argument some Second Amendment proponents cite against stronger gun safety laws is how our nation trusts 18-year-olds in the military to handle...
TEXAS VIEW: Gov. Abbott, call a special session on guns
A distraught Uvalde community spent last week grieving at the first funerals of children slaughtered in their classroom. Republican elected officials did what they...
TEXAS VIEW: School shooters and mental health
Blanket statements diminish what should be a nuanced conversation about identifying and treating people with problematic behaviors.
The day after a gunman slaughtered 19 fourth-graders...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas blows two good chances to move forward on marijuana
Texas has been doing marijuana reform the right way, moving slowly and evaluating the consequences while other states have flown ahead to full legalization.
But...
TEXAS VIEW: Ballot box, laws hold the answer to our prayers
At a news conference in Uvalde last Wednesday that felt all too familiar and hopeless, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick implored...
TEXAS VIEW: Middle-of-the-road Texans lost big in runoff
If last Tuesday’s runoffs told us anything, it’s that the political middle of the Republican and Democratic parties in Texas is an endangered species.
That...