Our founding fathers designed the U. S. Constitution to be the very foundation of our republic. Having recently thrown off the heavy boot of the British Empire they, by design, instituted a very limited federal government. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which lists the duties, responsibilities and therefore, I believe, the limitations of [...]
Grading the Texas Senate Debate
January 13, 2012 By
The guys and gals at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and at EmpowerTexans showed the world how to put on a debate last night in Austin. It was fast paced, lively, and, when the moderators were doing the questioning, relevant to the issues at hand. After the moderated debate, each candidate was given a question [...]
Glenn Addison: A common man for uncommon times
November 18, 2011 By
Continuing my quest for current information about the race to replace retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, I finally sat down with Glenn Addison. Mr. Addison is considered a “long shot” in this race because of his relative lack of name identification and funding. That said, he’s raised over $60,000, which is remarkable for a “long [...]
Dewhurst grabs gold standard endorsement
November 17, 2011 By
Wow. Just wow. Longtime readers know that I use "wow" when I can't think of another term to describe bewilderment or shock. And I gotta come clean on this one because when I read this press release, I was bewildered. Shocked. Befuddled even. "All political candidates make promises during election campaign; however, we have [...]
Texas Senate race update
November 16, 2011 By
Wow, did Rick Perry suck the air out of the race to replace Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or what? If you don't follow the #txsen Twitter hashtag, you might not even know there is a race to replace her! Which, I suppose, is a very good thing for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. So, by golly [...]
