Today, the Supreme Court of the United States threw out the judge-drawn interim maps for voting districts in Texas, citing the lower-court judges should have been guided more by the maps drawn by the State Legislature.It is...
It looks like somebody remembered that the Constitutions (of Texas and the US) don’t say that judges get the important decisions and the Legislatures get the unimportant ones. I do wish the SCOTUS had said “hands off,” but...
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Today, in a move that surprised hardly anyone, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced he is suspending his campaign for President of the United States. During his concession, Gov. Perry endorsed former Speaker of the House,...
Governor Rick Perry announced today, just hours before the South Carolina debate, that he is suspending his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Perry is putting all his support behind Newt Gingrich.
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U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-Dallas), a Member of House Republican Leadership, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline construction which...
If you’ve browsed the Internet today, you know that a handful of websites, including Wikipedia, TwitPic and WordPress, have blacked out in protest of the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA).Other...
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For those trying to access the English-language Wikipedia today, you will only be able to find directions for reaching members of Congress to protest the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy...
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The presence of a life, is without a doubt, a miracle. An unborn struggles, unknown what it means to exist, inside this sack of fluids in the womb. This unborn is uncertain about what it is to be alive. We, as a society...
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House...
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to the Senate decision to postpone consideration of legislation to help combat online piracy.I have heard...
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I was pleased to see that, in the Presidential debate in South Carolina Monday night, Newt Gingrich came out in support of a proposal I presented in testimony before Congress on February 2011. It deals with the issue of...
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TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. In this video, Clay Shirky, American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies, discusses the negative implications of...
I wrote this to conservative commentator and talk show host Dennis Prager:To begin with, relative to what you are currently discussing and so often do: You are absolutely right in your thoughts about assessing people by...
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Provisions contained within the  Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy ACT (SOPA) put an unconstitutional prior restraint on your freedom of speech on the web. Any discourse, be it vocal or...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement amidst reports that the State Department will be denying a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline this afternoon:The President has said he wakes up...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Grassley (R-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Sessions (R-AL), Coburn (R-OK), and Lee (R-UT) in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry...
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Newt Gingrich earned continued cheers in Monday nights South Carolina Debate after Fox News correspondent Juan Williams questioned Gingrich on his characterization of the poor. In the past, Gingrich has asserted that poverty...
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Featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Dr. Arthur Laffer, Coach Lou Holtz, Dr. Bill Bennett, & Texas AG Greg AbbottWhen you argue/discuss policy with your friends, liberal or conservative, you have...
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There are many great stories that have been told about the events of 9-11. All of us know exactly where we were that day and remember what we felt. We saw hundreds of thousands of lives changed in an instant.

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