Podcast: Interview with Dr. Stephen Balch

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Listener: Questions surrounding Lubbock’s Nursing Home COVID19 Outbreak

Questions surrounding Lubbock's Whisperwood … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 5/1/2020

Abbott gets it terribly wrong on property taxes, … [Read more...]

Chasing one’s own tail in contact tracing. Masks don’t stop viruses

I knew what bit of liberty quashing ramped up … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/30/2020

Lawmakers Demand Abbott Accelerate Efforts to … [Read more...]

Understanding why mask wearing is little more than virtue signaling

My good friend, a doctor of mathematics, said to … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/29/2020

Abbott Says Texas Already Paid Out $2B in … [Read more...]

As the denominator expands, Wuhan virus looks less and less unique

We’ve seen Wuhan virus studies on the west coast … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/28/2020

Letters from Legislators Promote Varying … [Read more...]

Why secret meetings on reopening and why not trust small business people?

In a commentary, Lubbock’s Scott Mann makes points … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/23/2020

House Speaker Dennis Bonnen floats 5% budget cuts … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/22/2020

Amid coronavirus, Texas Senate Democratic Caucus … [Read more...]

Listener: Chambers of Commerce “bedded down with tyrannical” officials

Pratt, I can’t blame Lubbock Business Chamber … [Read more...]

Wuhan windfall to local gov’t?; 4 times more in hospital with flu in Dallas than COVID-19

I chuckled when I read this headline from the … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/21/2020

Bonnen Places Democrat LGBTQ Caucus Chair on … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/20/2020

Abbott Keeps Schools Closed … And Pretty Much … [Read more...]

Wuhan virus experience undermines justification of government actions

The most often used justification from people who … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/17/2020

“Let Us Work:” Texans Gather in Front of … [Read more...]

COVID-19 mitigation is a weighing of harms

For those folk who think bringing context and … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/16/2020

Grassroots Leaders Pen Letter to Abbott, Demand … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/15/2020

Gov. Abbott to release details Friday on plan to … [Read more...]

A.G. Paxton, it’s time to worry about deceptive actions of local governments

“As communities work together to prevent the … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/14/2020

Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April … [Read more...]

Pratt’s post for 4/13/2020

5th Circuit Court of Appeal Lifts Part of Order … [Read more...]

Listener: City of Abilene fights hard to keep actions secret

Pratt, I found it laughable that the City of … [Read more...]

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