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Did This Poll Ever Happen?
A fake polling firm slipped fabricated numbers into American elections and called it a “social experiment.” The more troubling question is how voters are…
Loose Lips, Broken Ships?
What the USS Abraham Lincoln Is Telling Us About War, Endurance and Secrecy My first reaction was not particularly sympathetic. Nine months? That was…
Ten Miles Apart, Two Very Different School Districts
Temple ISD and Belton ISD sit barely ten miles apart, but their students, histories, and civic identities tell very different stories about public education…
More Than 10,000 Americans Have Cyclospora. The Outbreak Is Also a Test of the System Meant to Find It.
Iceberg lettuce from central Mexico has been linked to one major cluster in an extraordinary summer surge of cyclosporiasis. The parasite is difficult to…
She Ran to Eliminate the Treasurer’s Office. Now Bell County Is Fighting Over Whether She Should Be Paid to Run It.
Adriane Hodges says she never promised to work for free. Bell County commissioners say state law requires candidates who campaign to abolish their own…
The Tea Party Was the Opening Act. Is the DSA the Democrats’ Next Transformation?
The Democratic Socialists of America have not captured the Democratic Party. Neither had the Tea Party when it began challenging incumbents, disciplining Republican leaders…
Consumers Paid the Tariffs. Corporations Are Getting the Refunds.
After the Supreme Court invalidated tariffs imposed under emergency powers, the federal government began returning billions of dollars to importers. But many companies had…
Texas’ THC Crackdown Is Now Fighting Two Lawsuits
One case challenges the state’s authority to classify manufactured cannabinoids such as Delta-8 as controlled substances. Another argues Texas health agencies effectively rewrote the…
Texas Senate Chairman Calls for PUC to Deny Pending 765-kV Applications
Sen. Charles Schwertner says testimony about inadequate notice, shortened timelines and due-process concerns shows that Texas’ transmission approval process must be overhauled before the…
Why Is Sharia Such a Powerful Political Talking Point in Texas?
Texas law already prevents religious rules from overriding the Constitution, state statutes or the rights of people who never agreed to follow them. The…