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Are public schools in this country as bad as we are led to believe? Not by a long shot. Can we do better? You bet. Hans Mark, Chancellor of the University of Texas System, recently put the figures about “dropout … Continue reading →

Texans can make a difference. That’s what two constitutional amend- ments on the ballot November 5 are about. The amendments allow each citizen to cast his or her own vote concerning issues that will decide the future of our state. … Continue reading →

In just a few months, it will be 1992, 500 years after Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and “discovered” America. Will the anniversary will be the occasion of big celebrations of that event? Well, yes and no. Every year … Continue reading →

Frustration with politics and government is everywhere. It is a deeper resentment and dissatisfaction than most of us have ever seen. Why? Because politics seems to ignore the things that concern us most. Some politicians seem more interested in fighting … Continue reading →

For more than twenty years parents of students in property-poor school districts have challenged the way Texas pays for its public schools. Now come the wealthier school districts challenging the system because it takes tax money away from them and … Continue reading →

Because to many people politics has come to be irrelevant. Politics has come to be seen as more about ideological issues than about making our lives better. Occasionally a writer comes along who expresses our frustrations so well that a … Continue reading →

Want to do something TODAY to prevent crime? Something that doesn’t require any more laws, policing, courts, or prisons? Convenience store owners and other businesses, along with the help of law enforcement, can do just that, according to a year-long … Continue reading →

State governments are not very glamorous institutions. Governors don’t meet with Gorbachev. State senators don’t meet with Saddam. State representatives don’t get to decide if we are going to trade with China and Mexico. On the other hand, Presidents and … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago in this space I pointed out that, on some guncontrol issues, the National Rifle Association cannot make up its mind. Sometimes the NRA is for criminal record checks and waiting periods to screen out felonious prospective pistol … Continue reading →

The shocking news that a college president in Rochester, NY, has worked for the CIA has started the latest wave of controversy over “political correctness” on the nation’s university campuses. Apparently co-operating with your government gets you in a world … Continue reading →