On the Fourth of July we celebrate the birth of our nation, the day 56 brave men signed their own death warrants by declaring Independence from the most powerful nation on Earth. Think about that. We don’t celebrate the victory at Yorktown, or the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which concluded the war. Instead, we...

On March 2, 1836, Texas’ founding fathers declared independence from Mexico. In the following days, independence seemed unlikely to be achieved. The Alamo fell. More battles were lost than won. The Texans were fleeing the numerically superior, better-trained forces of Santa Anna’s army. Yet on April 21, on the fields of San Jacinto, the Texans...

On February 24, 1836, William Travis sent a letter from the besieged Alamo. He reported that more than a thousand soldiers under Santa Anna had him surrounded. Travis didn’t consider surrender to be an option, and wrote that he was prepared to “die like a solider.” On this day, and every day, the courage of...

According to the Tax Foundation, Texas has the 14th most burdensome property tax system in the nation. The fact is, low-income families and struggling businesses are suffering. Property taxes in some areas are growing two to three times faster than median household income.

Texas law gives cities the power to annex new territory without the permission of those being annexed. This means city politicians can force their taxes and regulations onto Texans who did not elect them, and without their permission.

According to their official meeting minutes, Tarrant County’s hospital board unanimously supported Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. So while conservatives were fighting to stop Obamacare in Austin, local political appointees in Texas’ most conservative county were siding with liberal Republicans and Democrats to push it.

Republican lawmakers like to talk a good game about border security, but in the last legislative session some of them voted to fund a diversity training program instead of sending more resources to fight illegal immigration.

One of Texas’ founding fathers, Jose Antonio Navarro, coined the phrase “I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son.” Born and raised in San Antonio, Navarro was an early proponent of Texas’ Independence.

Ronald Reagan once joked the nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program. For taxes, it’s the same thing.