Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
Distracted driving — of which texting and driving is a large component — accounts for roughly 90,000 accidents and 450 deaths in Texas alone each year. Yet, despite impressive cooperation and common sense on the part of our Texas legislators, Gov. Rick Perry is again prepared to veto a ban on texting and driving.Read more
Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
Let’s face it: If the high-speed rail system’s northern terminus is southeast of Dallas, it’s going to be difficult to get it to the western part of the Metroplex.Read more
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
I was greatly impressed by Wedgwood Baptist Church Pastor Al Meredith's comments in the Star-Telegram on May 3. They were courageous and also well-thought out. (See: “Church members are praising God, packing heat”)Read more
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
Letter writer Richard Simms wants the Texas House to cap payday lenders at 36 percent APR. (See: “Payday lending,” May 5) That would eliminate those lenders as the source of last resort.Read more
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
Imagine living in Hillsboro and working in Fort Worth, or working or shopping in Dallas and the suburban cities that make up the Metroplex.Read more
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
“Regionalism” is often evoked to forward a parochial agenda and to get the “region” to buy in.Read more
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
Texans are united in discouraging government interference in their lives. Gov. Perry brags continuously about Texas being business-friendly and deliberately weak on regulations.Read more
Monday, May. 13, 2013
Now that gun-control legislation has failed to pass even the easiest hurdle in Congress, can people please stop hoarding ammunition?Read more
Monday, May. 13, 2013
Your May 8 editorial (“U.S. Senate rightly addresses online sales tax disparity”) plainly views a tax on Internet sales as a legitimate effort to right a perceived wrong done to brick-and-mortar stores that have to collect sales taxes.Read more
Saturday, May. 11, 2013
Gov. Perry says “spending more state money on inspections would not have prevented the deadly explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant.” (See: April 23 story “Perry downplays inspections”)Read more