Voting Resources
Kyle Scott
January 30th, 2025
The arguments in favor of online sports betting can be clustered into two categories: economics and liberty. The economic argument is that more jobs will be created and there will be more tax revenue generated for the state...
December 28th, 2021
The only way we can move our economy forward is through free-market principles and allowing a free people to do what we do best.
November 3rd, 2021
What was handed down by the Harris County Commissioner’s Court has nothing to do with population shifts. The lines are drawn around partisan boundaries to strengthen Democratic control and weaken Republican control.
February 26th, 2014
U.S. vs. Darby Lumber Co. (1941) is one of the most destructive Supreme Court decisions ever handed down by the high court. Through this decision the Court gave near unlimited application of the Commerce Clause—thus...
January 13th, 2014
“Conservatives are persuaded that private property and freedom are closely linked.” Kirk’s seventh principle of conservatism will not find many objections among conservatives. Private property ownership—and with it...
December 5th, 2013
A federal system of government is often referred to as a laboratory for democracy. This reference holds because local governing bodies are allowed to vary in their policy decisions so that different policies can be tried out...
August 23rd, 2013
The first three principles of conservatism given by Russell Kirk are belief in an enduring moral order, adherence to custom, convention, and continuity, and belief in what may be called the principle of prescription—that is...
July 31st, 2013
Anthony Weiner is fading in the polls, and for Democrats this is a good thing. Regardless of Mr. Weiner’s capacity to lead New York City as mayor, if the Democrats elect him to office, it will hurt them in other elections....
July 10th, 2013
Governor Perry’s decision to not seek another term as governor allows for an opportunity to consider term limits. At the moment I am undecided on the matter for reasons I will explain below. But first, I think it is...
June 4th, 2013
When confronting questions about the handling of Benghazi by the State Department, the Justice Department-AP scandal, and the IRS-Tea Party scandal, President Obama has said repeatedly he only became aware of the problems...
December 19th, 2024
There is one issue that is flying under the radar that will come up again in the next Texas legislative session. Thirty-nine states have legalized online sports betting, and the gaming industry and professional sports teams...
November 12th, 2021
School board races are over, and a lot of conservatives were elected to replace liberals and educrats. The question becomes: What now?
March 24th, 2014
Raising the minimum wage will increase wages, but it won’t increase purchasing power, which means the standard of living for those making minimum wage will not increase. Those who trumpet raising the minimum wage as a way to...
February 20th, 2014
The rapid economic development in Harris County has been something to behold. While residents, politicians and business leaders are actively praising the development, there have been a few things that we have yet addressed...
December 18th, 2013
This post is a continuation of a series I began on Russell Kirk’s 10 principles of conservatism and how they can be incorporated into today’s political climate in hopes of stabilizing the Republican Party and putting it on a...
August 29th, 2013
A statesman ought to be prudent as prudence is the fourth conservative principle provided by Russell Kirk. This is an area in which Edmund Burke and Plato agree as well; both place prudence as the first among the equal...
August 19th, 2013
Since 2012 there has been soul searching among Republicans about what went wrong and how we can win back the Senate and the White House as well as win local elections. What has been lacking is a serious discussion about what...
July 18th, 2013
Since the 2012 election, there has been quite a lot of talk about Harris County moving from Republican to Democrat. But anyone who is paying attention to this legislative session will see that the Republican legislators from...
June 7th, 2013
James Madison wrote, "If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." But the enemy the government is now fighting isn't just a foreign one, it appears to be fighting its...
May 24th, 2013
The controversial conservative scholar Charles Murray raised the question of whether a liberal arts education should be abandoned altogether except for those with the leisure and resources to engage in learning as a manner...
