We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats' …
The last firewall between democratic governance and raw authoritarianism in the United States may not be the courts. It may not be Congress. It might just be the quiet, anonymous bureaucrat with a …
Elon Musk promised us a revolution. A leaner, meaner, hyper-efficient federal government. A $2 trillion savings bonanza delivered by his Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, was supposed to be …
As Donald Trump’s current stay in the White House progresses, it occurs to me that it may not be the fascist rhetoric, the threats to the free press, or even the open admiration for dictators …
A question that once belonged to the realm of dystopian fiction now demands urgent public debate. What happens if Donald Trump invokes the Insurrection Act to enforce his rule? We’re …
Anyone that doesn’t believe that the hatred dividing is directed at one man is summarily fooling themselves. Anyone who believes that political and ideological differences are the source of the …
President Trump has proposed deporting U.S. citizens to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, in direct violation of constitutional protections and Supreme Court precedent.
Just when I thought the federal gub’mint, under the watch of Trump-Musk had the supreme hold on idiocy in policy, well, here comes a Texas legislator to buy that old adage about “go big, …
We’ve moved beyond disagreement. What used to be policy debates about taxes or foreign aid or education are now cultural battlegrounds soaked in rage. A significant segment of the American electorate has been conditioned to see their fellow citizens not as opponents, but as enemies.
In this urgent editorial, Jim Powers argues that the Trump administration’s defiance of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case marks the death knell for American democracy.
Not literal ones, but inventions, ideas so embedded in our culture that we mistake them for reality. Racism. Nationalism. Borders. Religion. Wealth. These are not immutable laws of nature. They are …
Among other things, I write editorials and opinion pieces. I admit it. I also admit that many consider that a dubious undertaking. But lost causes follow me home like sad little puppies, and when I …
“Who are you? Cuz I really want to know.” — The Who I’m aware that you know who Jim Powers is, or at least you think you do. He and I toss out our random and …
My dad worked at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, for 41 years. He started there in 1950, just in time to catch the wave of American industrial might at its height. For decades, the …
To anyone who says, “Newspapers are dead,” I say, “Sit at my desk the Monday after the post office sends a bundle of newspapers to Fort Worth by mistake.” I say, …
As speculation grows that AI may have influenced the Trump administration’s latest wave of tariffs, this editorial explores whether we should be letting machines shape global economic policy—and what happens when we do.
About two dozen of my current and former coworkers gathered earlier this year to celebrate the life of Keitha, our coworker and friend who unexpectedly left this world as we know it in December. …
The latest brouhaha fostered by the ravening left and the mainstream media seems, at first glance, to be justified. Seriously, using a group chat to discuss attack plans does not a good national …
Thank you all who emailed your comments about the editorial/opinion page. In all the response, and there has been a lot, only one person said “cancel”. Their reason was “boredom …
While other states are continuing to legalize and/or decriminalize marijuana, Texas is, you guessed it, taking a big step backward. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who formerly co-owned a group of …
