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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...]

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...]

3 new court decisions affect Texas | Smyers on SpaceX launch | Amended game room rules pass Lubbock Co. – Pratt on Texas 10/14/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Three big court decisions affect Texas in different ways. First, the Fifth Circuit has overruled a contempt charge and fine against Texas over its foster care … [Read More...]

Jason Corley on Lubbock County “game room” regulation effort | New polls | Border news – Pratt on Texas 10/11/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Now that Fort Worth says the legal avenue to outright ban so-called "game rooms" is clear, will Lubbock County finally move Commissioner Jason Corley's simple game … [Read More...]

Texas Democrats backed by uber-radicals | End the Texas Lottery | Texas Voter ID controversy – Pratt on Texas 10/10/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Should the State of Texas be in the gambling business? The Texas Lottery contributes very little to public education despite being sold to the public as a big … [Read More...]

Texas’ elections director needs firing | Fort Worth to shut down “game rooms” | Sales tax turns down – Pratt on Texas 10/9/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: I was right in my speculation about the Denton County story on letting those with non-citizens state ID's vote but only partly. Now that we've learned more, it is … [Read More...]

Is Denton Co. going to let non-citizens vote? | Harris says she’d do nothing different from Biden – Pratt on Texas 10/8/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Allred outraised Cruz in Q3 but didn't say how much cash-on-hand he had. Kamala Harris told ABC's "The View" today that she would do nothing different from Joe … [Read More...]

Dastard Democrat double standard on disaster response | Court wins for Texas on elections & life – Pratt on Texas 10/7/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Media, Democrat double-standard on full display over Hurricane Helene and the federal response to the disaster. There is a fundamental, anti-progressive, lesson in … [Read More...]

Dallas GOP says county election system failed tests | SCOTUS taking up key cases this term – Pratt on Texas 10/4/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Dallas County Republican Chairman, Allen West, says that Dallas County elections equipment failed required tests and that the elections administrator did not … [Read More...]

More border security lies from Harris | There’s nothing “shocking” in latest election interference refiling – Pratt on Texas 10/3/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The so-called "shocking" and "bombshell" accusations in Jack Smith's revised "election interference" indictment of Donald Trump are anything but shocking or … [Read More...]

Texas voter registration tops 18 million, will it help Dems? | VP debate review | Battle of Gonzales – Pratt on Texas 10/2/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas voter registration now tops 18 million and key races get closer and closer by the cycle. Will Texas return to an electorally competitive state? Many say it … [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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