Where to donate blood to help Ft. Hood victims

November 05, 2009 | 06:51 PM | 0 Comments

 Breaking a blogger rule to get the word out to more people. Blood donors are needed to help Ft. Hood shooting victims, and you can go to the following places in the Austin area if you want to... read more »

NY-23: Why Hoffman's loss is not a win for moderates

November 04, 2009 | 03:59 PM | 0 Comments

I started seeing this meme hit Twitter and Facebook last night: NY-23 was a referendum on conservatism, and maybe now the Republican Party will learn to run moderates in northern races because we... read more »

Early voting results in Travis County, Texas

November 03, 2009 | 09:17 PM | 0 Comments

 Travis County early voting results, on the 11 state constitutional propositions and local elections: Prop 1: 49.42% for, 50.58% against, 13,179 votes cast Prop 2: 60.65% for, 39.35%... read more »

Writing on the wall for Dems as locals switch parties

November 03, 2009 | 05:52 PM | 1 Comment

As the nation watches the polls back east for the first indications that the nation is turning against President Obama's regime, there is huge news out of several places throughout Texas today, as... read more »

Prop. 4 opposition much wider than MSM thinks

November 02, 2009 | 04:44 PM | 0 Comments

I know you all are watching the elections in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia - but in Texas, we have a crucial election of our own happening, even if it isn't as sexy as NY-23 and... read more »

Point: Fiorina Wants Big Brother to Sheriff the “Wild Wild” Web

October 28, 2009 | 05:07 PM | 6 Comments

Carly Fiorina, U.S. Senate candidate in California, stepped in a cow patty the size of Los Angeles with her recent calls for regulation of the internet. Referring to the “wild wild... read more »

Top Tier One universities fail core curricula test

October 26, 2009 | 03:53 PM | 0 Comments

One of the loudest arguments we're hearing in favor of Proposition 4 is that if the state of Texas has more Tier One research universities, the quality of higher education will improve. The American... read more »

CDC Abortion Report Reveals Shocking Statistic

October 25, 2009 | 04:37 PM | 0 Comments

 I don't often comment on social issues on this blog, largely because I feel like the people reading it don't need persuasion on them. There are a great many places on the internet and in the... read more »

Tuition Costs, Student Debt and Tax Burden Rising

October 20, 2009 | 05:18 PM | 5 Comments

The New York Times had an interesting piece up this morning about the rising cost of college tuition in the United States. Studies by the College Board show that average tuition and fees at public... read more »

A Mommy Tax, and more, in the Baucus plan

October 07, 2009 | 02:20 PM | 2 Comments

  The health care boondoggle going down in Congress just keeps getting worse. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air did a little digging through the FDA's listing of items that would be taxed under Senator... read more »