Editorial: Changing the world — and public education — begins with civil discourse
Editorial: Shining a new light on solar energy
Editorial: Mislabeling plastic as recyclable defeats the purpose and damages the planet
Analysis: Texas politicians are thinking what they think their voters think they should think
You might wonder why the top state leaders have supported restrictive voting legislation, ordered audits of elections they won, and passed laws that counter what most Texans think is the proper …
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Analysis: The 2022 general election is a year away, but many of the issues are already evident
A year before Texans will vote in the general election race for governor and other statewide offices, the …
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Commentary: Democrats are ready to raise taxes, but not by nearly enough
If it's a year ending in a number, then federal tax policy is again on the table. This year differs from …
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Analysis: Texas’ foster care problems are clear. The response from state leaders isn’t.
A Texas governor’s power to call a special legislative session includes setting its agenda. That list …
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Commentary: The explanation for seemingly irrational COVID behavior
Many reactions to COVID-19 can be explained by one simple concept: intertemporal substitution. Its …
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Commentary: Tax and spending plan is antidote for decades of neglect
Democrats have released a $2.9 trillion tax proposal that they hope might stifle debates about how …
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Stuart Rothenberg: How today’s politics is a throwback — to the 1890s
We are now in a period of intense partisanship and polarization, with each party painting the other …
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Commentary: Scrap gerrymandering, adopt ranked choice
Partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts has been a uniquely American problem since our founding: As long as we’ve had politicians, …
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Commentary: 10 years ago, a ragtag army called Occupy Wall Street changed America, for good
First, they ignored Occupy Wall Street. On the late-summer morning of Sept. 17, 2011, there were no major news organizations present — not …
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Commentary: Time becoming Biden's enemy
One of the most challenging aspects of the modern presidency is to keep the focus on your own agenda, lest what you want to do is overwhelmed by …
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Analysis: Population changes the recipe for Texas’ political soup
Political people often compare Texas election maps to a state-shaped bowl of tomato soup with blueberries sprinkled in it. Most of the state in …
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Commentary: Long COVID-19 may have consequences for decades. We need to study it
William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even the past.” He meant that events from the past can still affect us now …
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Commentary: Since 9/11, US Muslims have gone from being threatened and attacked to politically involved
If you are victimized by a horrific event, you have a choice. You can go down a rabbit hole of rage and despair and end up further hurting …
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Commentary: Biden Putting Jackson's Theory of Executive Power to the Test
In his book “American Lion,” a biography of President Andrew Jackson, author/historian Jon Meacham describes Jackson’s philosophy of …
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Commentary: A tragic, senseless drone killing should mark the end of America’s 9/11 era
President Joe Biden signaled to America and the world that he’d be a different kind of commander in chief when he moved this summer to finally …
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Commentary: Lessons from Afghanistan for a high school history class
America’s schoolchildren don’t resist learning from history. Policymakers do. President Joe Biden ended a war in Afghanistan that his three …
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Commentary: Texas upends the Republican ‘leave us alone coalition’
Whether Texas’s anti-abortion law survives inevitable Supreme Court scrutiny, it may already have done irreparable damage to what was once …
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Letter: The elephant in the room
Can we talk about the other elephant in the school board meeting of “that” Central Texas suburb in Austin? I am not talking about COVID, …
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LETTER: It’s time to abolish the filibuster
Every senator who protects the filibuster is guilty of protecting a Jim Crow relic that was used to block civil rights legislation for decades. …
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LETTERS: Sweetheart deal
Residents of Cedar Park will have an increase in their bills from PEC because CP has doubled the franchise fee from 2% to 4%. While causing …
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An open letter to Cedar Park voters
An Open Letter to Cedar Park Voters We have a city election on May 1. Early voting will begin April 19 and conclude on April 27.
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LETTER: Conservatives only?
I had not been to the YMCA in quite a while since COVID-19 started.Two weeks ago I thought I would try it again. I walked into the exercise …
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Understanding how it could happen here
It's hard to accept that your guy is a traitor. Southern culture has taught many to fear minorities, but it wasn't Blacks, or Hipanics, or …
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