SAN ANTONIO — Gov. Gregg Abbott has called a third special legislative session in an attempt to push through three priorities that previous sessions have defeated, surprisingly with some Republicans joining with most Democrats in opposition. School choice is one of those priorities. The ...

Every presidential campaign raises nagging questions of various sorts. With the 2024 election barely more than a year away, one overarching question haunts Democrats: Why the heck isn’t President Joe Biden doing better in the polls? The fear and the hand-wringing from my friends and ...

In one day of savagery, Hamas brought the world’s oldest hatred into the mainstream. The upwelling of antisemitism around the globe, and especially in the United States, mocks the naivety of those who imagined that the oldest hatred was mostly in the past, that Israel could be a normal ...

Electricity is essential to our way of life. When we flip a switch, we expect the light will turn on. That our phones will reliably charge each night. And that our workplaces will function so we can make a living. Ensuring that electricity is affordable, and reliable is a cornerstone of ...

I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black- and-white pictures and television screens so small you had to draw a chair up to the box to see a flickering image. Back then, celebrity was a byproduct of talent and ...

It’s been a disquieting time for well-meaning liberals who have been suddenly confronted with the realization that their own side is rife with fanatics and haters. The explosion of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling on campuses and the streets after October 7 has shaken left-of-center ...