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Republican gains across Texas reverse recent Democrat gains | Local sales tax collection numbers – Pratt on Texas 11/6/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A full election review today which includes Republican gains across Texas, rolling back recent gains made by Democrats. Senator Cruz wins big and both the Texas … [Read More...]

Trump Wins! 47th president of the United States.

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Key Texas races to follow as election returns come in tonight – Pratt on Texas 11/5/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A review of the key races across Texas to watch as election returns come in. Will the GOP make gains in South Texas and the RGV? Will a young Leftist beauty queen … [Read More...]

Texas’ top numbers guru Derek Ryan on what Early Vote turnout tells us | Election 2024 – Pratt on Texas 11/4/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Another very big stack of Texas and national news and commentary from Election 2024 including a visit with Texas' top numbers guru Derek Ryan on what the Early … [Read More...]

Judge allows lawsuit against Abbott’s campus antisemitism order proceed | Election 2024 news – Pratt on Texas 11/1/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Federal judge says lawsuit brought by CAIR can move forward against University of Texas and University of Houston systems over Governor Abbott's order against … [Read More...]

Vote stats for Texas | Garbage? Trump turns issue on Dems | Cruz/Allred race & more – Pratt on Texas 10/31/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Another very big stack of Texas and national news and commentary from Election 2024. Trump Humiliates Biden by Riding in a ‘Make America Great Again’ Garbage … [Read More...]

Pratt on Texas sponsor Vista Bank wins big awards

From our longtime official sponsor Vista Bank: VISTA BANK NAMED DFW’s #1 BEST PLACE TO WORK AND BEST BANK OF LUBBOCK! From West Texas to the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, it’s been an amazing two weeks for team Vista Bank! The first … [Read More...]

More schools caught electioneering | Election 2024 news | Paxton calls on Rep. Leach to resign – Pratt on Texas 10/30/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A very big stack of Texas and national news and commentary from Election 2024. Sadly, part of the story is that more Texas school districts are blatantly violating … [Read More...]

Huge Texas teacher certification scandal exposed | Rep. Leach broke rules in death penalty case – Pratt on Texas 10/29/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A huge teacher scandal uncovered by the Harris County District Attorney: Dishonest "teachers" from around the state, well over 400, have paid big money to have a … [Read More...]

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...]

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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

 

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