We’ve had a daily debate for several months about a national emergency at the border, President Trump declared one, then survived a veto override vote by Congress on his declaration, only to witness over the past several weeks a border crisis which is much worse than the one we thought we had and for different […]
The Indispensable Man of the 20th Century
I suppose that, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, no one has had more words written about him than Winston Churchill and, particularly after the 30 years and multiple volumes of output by his official biographer Martin Gilbert, one might wonder what else could there possible be to say or write about him. And […]
Policy Advice to Remember
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s much-discussed Green New Deal has plenty of goofy stuff in it that is laughable and easily dismissed, but to do so without considering the underlying principles and challenging the leftist dogma is a mistake. In a recent article in National Review (What is the Green New Deal?), Travis Kavulla provides a valuable take […]
Trump Should Say “Yes” to a Win on the Border
President Trump is getting a lot of good advice from his party leadership and his true support base that he needs to drop the notion of a national emergency for his border wall, accept the additional $1.4 billion for the structure that is in the approved budget as a victory, and re-allocate available funds at […]
Methodism at the Tipping Point
My church, the United Methodist, has just completed the latest convocation of its General Conference, the top governing body of the Church, in St. Louis. And while it is never without controversy, according to all reports this one might have been the tipping point for the world-wide denomination’s unity over a sticking point that has […]
Aggies Take the Lead in Protecting Free Speech
I was pleased to learn that Texas A&M University was one of only 45 American institutions of higher education to receive the highest rating for protecting free speech by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). This so-called “green light” award goes to those schools that have no policies that violate the First Amendment. […]
More “Poetic Truth”
If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees. I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.–Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in an interview with Anderson Cooper on […]
Know When to Fold ‘Em
The media and many other observers can’t abide a foreign policy “summit” without an “agreement”, as though the absence of one is a failure of the effort. Not so, as proven many times, most notably with Reagan at Reykjavik with Gorbachev. Likewise, I believe the recent meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un of […]
Special Announcement
Dear Friends and Subscribers: I am pleased to announce the impending publication of The Texas Pilgrim: 20 Years of Reflection and Commentary. The past 20 years have been a very special adventure for me and now, after over 200 monthly issues, and approaching 1,000 essays, the time has come to take stock of this project […]
The SOTU According to Trump
Pundits go into big stage events like the State of the Union address looking for headline “takeaways”, specific proposals that provoke or those that can guarantee surviving at least one news cycle. In this particular one last night, President Trump’s second, most were looking for a major pronouncement on the immigration stalemate and/or the declaration […]
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