November 4, 2017

After 55 years, the Houston Astros are world champs!

As a fourth-generation native Houstonian, I feel a terrific sense of pride that the Houston Astros have finally achieved baseball's pinnacle. It wasn't a cheap title – they had to beat baseball royalty, the Red Sox, Yankees, and...

June 7, 2015

What <em>King v. Burwell</em> and the downfall of Obamacare would really mean

Before the ACA was passed, Democrats screamed, “The sky is falling!  We must pass this law!’  Now that the Supreme Court stands poised to finally drive a stake through the heart of one of the worst misuses of legislati...

January 29, 2015

The A-10's last fight?

I am unabashedly a fan of the A-10 Warthog.  I believe in the mission, and I believe that there is no other weapons platform out there that can do the job the A-10 does, with the same efficiency, effectiveness, and confidence that it provides to...

August 6, 2014

Obama is Betraying the Republic's Trust

The current occupant of White House has been in office for 6 years.  He could not have achieved this without the refusal of the media to affirmatively vet his past, and then, the media’s abandonment of all objectivity to actively support a...

February 23, 2014

New York advertises its desperation

Here in the Lone Star State, we've had lots of recent success stories about bringing in many new businesses from California and New York, where the business climate is increasingly hostile due to higher taxes and increased regulations and restriction...

July 31, 2011

American by Birth, Exceptional by Choice

Liberals are quick to name-call and accuse anyone who disagrees with them of being racist, prejudiced, or stupid.  To the limited ultra-liberal thought process, these terms add up to only one thing: "conservative." America the horrible....

April 16, 2011

The Coldest Winter

It's amazing what you can get used to if you think about it.  Being a native Texan, I'm used to heat, wide open spaces, and lots of friendly people.  It's different here in the east, and especially in D.C.  Everyone here measures their...

November 1, 2010

Day of Reckoning

A sense of entitlement is a powerful thing.  It led Democrats to believe they were invulnerable to public opinion and seduced them into believing they could do all manner of things in contravention to the Constitution and the...

October 29, 2010

The Deep Blue Blues

I have spent the past week or as a Revolutionary War general, waving an American flag and a campaign sign endorsing our conservative Congressional candidate, Dr. Donna Campbell all across this deep blue city of Austin, Texas to thousands of voters in...

October 24, 2010

More Truth in Political Advertising

While the idea that the majority of politicians can or will ever tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is absurd, there is something very, very simple we can do.Liberal Democrats and Blue Dog Democrats alike are using an old...

October 17, 2010

Covetous Democrats

We know Moses as the Law Giver. He brought God's Holy Word down from the mountain and gave us the first structure of real law built not upon the mutating sands of "Fairness," but upon the rock of Truth. "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighb...

July 7, 2010

Sour Grapes

I was at the local grocery today picking up a few things...some bread, milk, and the like. I also decided to pass on refined sugar for a change and get some green (or "white") grapes. I like grapes. They taste good. The green skins are a li...