By now you know that the Texas Supreme Court ordered the city of Houston to either repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) or put it up for a vote in November. Here’s something else you already know: The opponents of the ordinance — which bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, […]
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Gov. Abbott Joins Religious-Right Gathering in Austin
The Texas Renewal Project event scheduled for later this month will have another notable speaker: Gov. Greg Abbott. We already wrote about this event, but the addition of the state’s top elected official appears to be new, according to an email invitation that went out late last week. Abbott will join former Arkansas governor Mike […]
The Week in Quotes (July 26 – Aug. 1)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
The Week in Quotes (July 19 – 25)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
The Logic of the Wall Street Journal, if You Can Call It That
The Wall Street Journal put up an editorial this week praising Gov. Greg Abbott for his appointment of Donna Bahorich to chair the Texas State Board of Education. TFN was just one voicing concern over Bahorich’s appointment, in part because she “rejected public education for her own family” and home-schooled her children. And here’s some […]
