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America’s original college campus DEI fighter: Dr. Steven Balch tells how the fightback began – Pratt on Texas 2/7/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Steven Balch, Ph.D. may be America's original D.E.I. on campus fighter! He is also a regular Pratt on Texas listener which is a great honor to me. Today we talk … [Read More...]
Dems admit it is “revolution” they are about | School choice passes Senate, again | Border news – Pratt on Texas 2/6/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Once again, for the sixth time, the Texas Senate has passed a true school choice bill, SB 2. It's now up to the House to get it passed and without mucking it up to … [Read More...]
Why Abbott’s VATRE proposal is good | Judge says taxpayers must fund legal services to immigrants – Pratt on Texas 2/5/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott's proposal to require a super-majority of 2/3rs for voter-approval tax rate elections is right. I explain why one of the most common arguments … [Read More...]
Abbott: Pass school choice without big payoff to ISDs | ISD performance worse with more money – Pratt on Texas 2/4/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Abbott says we'll pass school choice without the big handout, offered last time, to the ISD bureaucracies. The governor points out that when offered billions last … [Read More...]
Feds deputize Tx troops on border | Mexico to deploy troops | Abbott’s 7 legislative emergency items – Pratt on Texas 2/3/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Now friendly feds deputize Texas National Guard troops to make immigration related arrests at the border in a full reversal of past federal policy. Also, Mexico … [Read More...]
Key 2nd Amendment ruling from 5th Circuit | Texas immigration enforcement law set for trial in July – Pratt on Texas 1/31/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important Second Amendment ruling yesterday that properly, further entrenches the historical framing required on … [Read More...]
Tepper’s HB1453 needs big support | Irving ISD angry it got caught | DEI/CRT at Tech, A&M | Border news – Pratt on Texas 1/30/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Rep. Carl Tepper has a bill, HB 1453, to further protect taxpayers from local government officials who have booted integrity and obvious right-and-wrong to the … [Read More...]
Senate moves school choice out of committee, House hasn’t even named committees yet | Border news – Pratt on Texas 1/29/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Senate has already moved school choice, Senate Bill 2, out of committee - meanwhile the BurrowCrat House leadership hasn't even appointed permanent … [Read More...]
Burrows had Obama lawyer write House rules, then pushed rules through without debate or amendment – Pratt on Texas 1/28/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Cartel gunmen opened fire on U.S. officials across the Rio Grande yesterday demonstrating how right is President Trump at naming these groups terrorist … [Read More...]
Texas Leftists protest deporting criminal illegal aliens | Abbott makes a wrong move on speech – Pratt on Texas 1/27/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Just the tiniest point of the immigration law enforcement spear has been shown over the last few days and so far, the public seems supportive. However, don't think … [Read More...]
Older posts from Pratt on Texas...
- All but 1 Democrat voted for new House rules, clearly they gain from BurrowCrat Party rules – Pratt on Texas 1/24/2025
- Burrows House Rules: Barring public from hearings, mask mandates, & more despicable proposals – Pratt on Texas 1/23/2025
- Federal DEI shut down, troops to border & more Trump action | Proposed Texas budget not “conservative” – Pratt on Texas 1/22/2025
- What an Inauguration Day! Trump is working faster than any president we’ve seen – Pratt on Texas 1/21/2025
- Trump’s full inaugural speech | Infamous Texan dies | A republic, not a “democracy” – Pratt on Texas 1/20/2025
- Historic week for private space | Dem praises Burrows for working to weaken election integrity law – Pratt on Texas 1/17/2025
- Local TV stations mislead over cable/satellite “dropping” their channel | Big win at the ATF – Pratt on Texas 1/16/2025
- Texas pornography age-verification law heard at SCOTUS | BurrowCrats delay House rules vote – Pratt on Texas 1/15/2025
- Burrows wins with more Democrat than Republican votes | A&M caught in racial segregation activity – Pratt on Texas 1/14/2024
- Is the BurrowCrat Coalition a business partnership in the Capitol? | Major lawsuit against Allstate filed – Pratt on Texas 1/13/2025
- 89th Legislature convenes Tuesday with needless vitriol in the House | Who got the most snow? – Pratt on Texas 1/10/2025
- Big insurance lesson for Texas from LA fires (Hint: TWIA) | Speaker race enters absurd ground – Pratt on Texas 1/9/2024
- Burrows puts self ahead of right in speaker race | Local sales tax numbers | A win at the Medical Board – Pratt on Texas 1/8/2024
- Texas House Speaker race is about an idea that is far more important than Burrows or Cook – Pratt on Texas 1/7/2025
- Texas House Speaker Race: Don’t be sucked into false argument
- U.S. Senate & House to move immediately on crackdown on criminal illegal aliens | Border news – Pratt on Texas 1/6/2025
AUDIO: Pratt on Texas & Podcast-Extras
- Episode 3662: America’s original college campus DEI fighter: Dr. Steven Balch tells how the fightback began – Pratt on Texas 2/7/2025 February 8, 2025
- Episode 3662: Dems admit it is “revolution” they are about | School choice passes Senate, again | Border news – Pratt on Texas 2/6/2025 February 7, 2025
- Episode 3661: Why Abbott’s VATRE proposal is good | Judge says taxpayers must fund legal services to immigrants – Pratt on Texas 2/5/2025 February 6, 2025
- Episode 3660: Abbott: Pass school choice without big payoff to ISDs | ISD performance worse with more money – Pratt on Texas 2/4/2025 February 5, 2025
- Episode 3659: Feds deputize Tx troops on border | Mexico to deploy troops | Abbott’s 7 legislative emergency items – Pratt on Texas 2/3/2025 February 4, 2025
- Episode 3658: Key 2nd Amendment ruling from 5th Circuit | Texas immigration enforcement law set for trial in July – Pratt on Texas 1/31/2025 February 1, 2025
- Episode 3657: Tepper’s HB1453 needs big support | Irving ISD angry it got caught | DEI/CRT at Tech, A&M | Border news – Pratt on Texas 1/30/2025 January 31, 2025
- Episode 3656: Senate moves school choice out of committee, House hasn’t even named committees yet | Border news – Pratt on Texas 1/29/2024 January 30, 2025
- Episode 3655: Burrows had Obama lawyer write House rules, then pushed rules through without debate or amendment – Pratt on Texas 1/28/2025 January 29, 2025
- Episode 3654: Texas Leftists protest deporting criminal illegal aliens | Abbott makes a wrong move on speech – Pratt on Texas 1/27/2025 January 28, 2025
- Episode 3653: All but 1 Democrat voted for new House rules, clearly they gain from BurrowCrat Party rules – Pratt on Texas 1/24/2025 January 25, 2025
- Episode 3652: Burrows House Rules: Barring public from hearings, mask mandates, & more despicable proposals – Pratt on Texas 1/23/2025 January 24, 2025
- Episode 3651: Federal DEI shut down, troops to border & more Trump action | Proposed Texas budget not “conservative” – Pratt on Texas 1/22/2025 January 23, 2025
- Episode 3650: What an Inauguration Day! Trump is working faster than any president we’ve seen – Pratt on Texas 1/21/2025 January 22, 2025
- Episode 3649: Trump’s full inaugural speech | Infamous Texan dies | A republic, not a “democracy” – Pratt on Texas 1/20/2025 January 21, 2025
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