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New polling in Cruz race | Voting turnout numbers | Effort to recall an entire city government – Pratt on Texas 10/28/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A new New York Times / Siena College poll shows Ted Cruz up over Allred just after a Dem-backed poll, made to help raise money, claimed the two were tied as of … [Read More...]
No “Christmas” at Neiman Marcus | Texas Early Voting numbers fall off; what does it mean? – Pratt on Texas 10/25/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The local story from El Paso that I brought you earlier this week about the heavily Democrat city being down on Early Voting is now part of a bigger story that … [Read More...]
Paxton’s office points out lies from Roberson advocates | Trans issue hurting Dems in Texas – Pratt on Texas 10/24/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Office of Attorney General catches up to Pratt on Texas and calls state Reps. Joe Moody and Jeff Leach liars over their propaganda in the Roberson death … [Read More...]
Harris: Full pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens | Coverage of Roberson case one-sided, nonrational – Pratt on Texas 10/23/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Roberson capital punishment case shows why traditionalism and conservatism often lose: Even when evidence supports the conservative position, one-sided … [Read More...]
Save Democracy? Democrats mostly oppose law & order as well as protections of democratic processes – Pratt on Texas 10/22/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrat Leftists claim they are trying to "save Democracy," but at about every policy point they oppose law and ordered government so what are the saving? Nowhere … [Read More...]
Gov. Abbott, A.G. Paxton, Rep. Tinderholt make case that Tx House committee, Supreme Court out of bounds on Roberson case – Pratt on Texas 10/21/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Friday I explained what an overreach the Texas House Jurisprudence Committee has made in the Roberson death penalty case. Today, Governor Abbott says why; Attorney … [Read More...]
Skepticism matters: Full review of the Roberson execution debacle in Texas – Pratt on Texas 10/18/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Whether guilty or not, the cause celebre of the case of Robert Roberson's ordered execution has gone off the rails. Media stories and advocate assertions do not … [Read More...]
Tx House committee goes too far | Harris essentially claims Trump has run the country for a decade – Pratt on Texas 10/17/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A Texas House committee has gone too far in trying to interfere with an official execution in Texas. This is exactly the type of thing Democrats will do for most … [Read More...]
The problem with campaign debates & media coverage | 5th Circuit leaves SB1 election integrity rules in place – Pratt on Texas 10/16/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Cruz / Allred "debate" has an interesting lesson on how even when there is what seems to be hard questioning for both, there is still Leftwing bias in media … [Read More...]
New Cruz/Allred polling | TWIA bailout? | Child sex trafficking reports triple under Harris/Biden – Pratt on Texas 10/15/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A new Texas-based poll shows the Cruz vs. Allred race right where I said it should end up - but only if Republicans do well at getting the vote out. Cruz and … [Read More...]
Older posts from Pratt on Texas...
- What you can do to help win the election in 5 easy steps
- 3 new court decisions affect Texas | Smyers on SpaceX launch | Amended game room rules pass Lubbock Co. – Pratt on Texas 10/14/2024
- Jason Corley on Lubbock County “game room” regulation effort | New polls | Border news – Pratt on Texas 10/11/2024
- Texas Democrats backed by uber-radicals | End the Texas Lottery | Texas Voter ID controversy – Pratt on Texas 10/10/2024
- Texas’ elections director needs firing | Fort Worth to shut down “game rooms” | Sales tax turns down – Pratt on Texas 10/9/2024
- Is Denton Co. going to let non-citizens vote? | Harris says she’d do nothing different from Biden – Pratt on Texas 10/8/2024
- Dastard Democrat double standard on disaster response | Court wins for Texas on elections & life – Pratt on Texas 10/7/2024
- Dallas GOP says county election system failed tests | SCOTUS taking up key cases this term – Pratt on Texas 10/4/2024
- More border security lies from Harris | There’s nothing “shocking” in latest election interference refiling – Pratt on Texas 10/3/2024
- Texas voter registration tops 18 million, will it help Dems? | VP debate review | Battle of Gonzales – Pratt on Texas 10/2/2024
- Cruz & Allred polling neck & neck | Union greed as bad as any | Dallas Fed reports – Pratt on Texas 10/1/2024
- Astonishing criminal alien numbers | Budget exposes Parrish’s lies in Lubbock | RIP Kris Kristofferson – Pratt on Texas 9/30/2024
- Anti-Wimp: Shovel vs. Gun – Harris Co. homeowner prevails with gun
- More Texas Democrat fraud leads to new indictment | Anti-Wimp update: Shovel vs. Firearm – Pratt on Texas 9/27/2024
- Texas Senate race is in play; too many in GOP are busy playing at party politics, not working to win – Pratt on Texas 9/26/2024
- Petty political retribution in Lubbock Co. punishes citizens not officials | Campaign news – Pratt on Texas 9/25/2024
- Thoughts on “Trump Train” verdict | Lubbock Co. saved from tax increase | Tx House Speaker race – Pratt on Texas 9/24/2024
AUDIO: Pratt on Texas & Podcast-Extras
- Episode 3593: New polling in Cruz race | Voting turnout numbers | Effort to recall an entire city government – Pratt on Texas 10/28/2024 October 28, 2024
- Episode 3592: No “Christmas” at Neiman Marcus | Texas Early Voting numbers fall off; what does it mean? – Pratt on Texas 10/25/2024 October 25, 2024
- Episode 3591: Paxton’s office points out lies from Roberson advocates | Trans issue hurting Dems in Texas – Pratt on Texas 10/24/2024 October 24, 2024
- Episode 3590: Harris: Full pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens | Coverage of Roberson case one-sided, nonrational – Pratt on Texas 10/23/2024 October 23, 2024
- Episode 3589: Save Democracy? Democrats mostly oppose law & order as well as protections of democratic processes – Pratt on Texas 10/22/2024 October 22, 2024
- Episode 3588: Gov. Abbott, A.G. Paxton, Rep. Tinderholt make case that Tx House committee, Supreme Court out of bounds on Roberson case – Pratt on Texas 10/21/2024 October 21, 2024
- Episode 3587: Skepticism matters: Full review of the Roberson execution debacle in Texas – Pratt on Texas 10/18/2024 October 18, 2024
- Episode 3586: Tx House committee goes too far | Harris essentially claims Trump has run the country for a decade – Pratt on Texas 10/17/2024 October 17, 2024
- Episode 3585: The problem with campaign debates & media coverage | 5th Circuit leaves SB1 election integrity rules in place – Pratt on Texas 10/16/2024 October 16, 2024
- Episode 3584: New Cruz/Allred polling | TWIA bailout? | Child sex trafficking reports triple under Harris/Biden – Pratt on Texas 10/15/2024 October 15, 2024
- Episode 3583: 3 new court decisions affect Texas | Smyers on SpaceX launch | Amended game room rules pass Lubbock Co. – Pratt on Texas 10/14/2024 October 14, 2024
- Episode 3582: Jason Corley on Lubbock County “game room” regulation effort | New polls | Border news – Pratt on Texas 10/11/2024 October 11, 2024
- Episode 3581: Texas Democrats backed by uber-radicals | End the Texas Lottery | Texas Voter ID controversy – Pratt on Texas 10/10/2024 October 10, 2024
- Episode 3580: Texas’ director of elections needs firing | Fort Worth to shut down “game rooms” | Sales tax turns down – Pratt on Texas 10/9/2024 October 9, 2024
- Episode 3579: Is Denton Co. going to let non-citizens vote? | Harris says she’d do nothing different from Biden – Pratt on Texas 10/8/2024 October 8, 2024
On Virtue & the Republic
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. — Edwin Meese III
On Political Pessimism
Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us. — Robert W. Pratt
On Liberty
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. — Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart
On Right
The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style. — Nicolás Gómez Dávila
On Political Correctness
Political correctness never rears its ugly head independently. It always shows up as a series of actions designed, to this observer, to crush the souls of those blessed with common sense. — Milo Yiannopoulos
On pessimism and difficulty
When you encounter difficulties, you need to be optimistic. The pessimists tend to die. — Zhou Youguang
On American Liberals
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
On Universities
Universities have become a place to provide economic and political protection for those who hold economically and politically unworkable ideas. — Robert W. Pratt
On Rush Limbaugh
William F. Buckley is the esteemed father of the American conservative movement and gave it meaning; Ronald Reagan took conservatism to the public, showed it worked, and made it popular; Rush Limbaugh is the man who embedded political conservatism into our culture. — Robert W. Pratt
On Mistakes in Politics
Politics, as opposed to science, does not reward the correction of mistakes, given that correcting a mistake also entails admitting to having made one. Worse, the bigger the mistake, the greater the political urgency of defending it at all costs. — Lionel Shriver
On Rights and Freedoms
When we think of our rights and freedoms as rewards for good behavior, we lose. — Meghan Murphy
On Republican Moderates
Republican “moderates” rarely fight hard for anything, except for other Republicans giving up their principles. — Robert W. Pratt
On Judging Public Policy
Judge public policies by their results, not their intentions. – Milton Friedman
What you can do to help win the election in 5 easy steps
A huge, emotion filled U.S. presidential election is upon us and I do not think I need to tell you what is at stake. Instead, I want to try and help you have a chance at being a bit more effective when encountering people who are not … [Read More...]