Texas Land Commissioner Keeps Cool, Packs Heat

A warning to those who get crosswise with Jerry Patterson: This man is both armed and disarming.

Work Begins on Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene

Hundreds of Texas veterans today witnessed the long-awaited groundbreaking of the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene.

 

Republican Nomination Most Open in Decades

For the first time in nearly 30 years, there is no breakaway front-runner for the Republican nomination as the first votes of Campaign 2008 loom, and a new Washington Post-ABC News poll underscores how open the GOP race remains.

 

Huckabee Speaks at 2 Dallas-Fort Worth Area Churches

Republican presidential primary contender Mike Huckabee received a major vote of confidence Sunday from the pastor of one of the nation's largest churches.

 

Paul sets GOP 1-Day Record of $4.2 Million Raised

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than $4.2 million in nearly 24 hours.

In Iowa Field, Edwards Sees Only Senator Clinton

A few minutes before John Edwards delivered a forceful closing argument to the voters who will help determine the fate of his presidential ambitions, he called upon a gentleman seated near a window in the library in downtown Charles City.

NEA Moves Even Further from Mainstream at Annual Convention

Rank-and-file teachers are becoming increasingly fed up with the far-left policies the National Association of Education (NEA) adopted at its annual convention in Philadelphia in early July--so fed up that some of them are planning to become delegates themselves in order to change the union's makeup.

 

Bush Vote Divided in GOP Race

George P. Bush had just finished telling his father, the former governor of Florida, that he had decided to endorse former senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee for president.

 

House Approves Bill Banning Bias Against Gays in Workplace

The House passed a landmark civil rights bill on Wednesday that had been sought for three decades by the gay community, but the celebration was muddied by miscalculations by Democratic leaders and recriminations among many of those the bill is intended to help.

 

Bush Admonishes Musharraf

President Bush yesterday spoke with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for the first time since Saturday's declaration of emergency rule, telling the army general to hold free elections by January and resign his military post.

 

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Fence's Presence Felt

At this fabled border crossing, where the last armed conflict between the United States and Mexico flared, the rancorous debate over the new U.S. anti-immigrant fence has been resolved.

 

A Window into the Minds of GOP Voters

By Carl Luebsdorf

A dozen Republican voters put a human face on the uncertainty over their party's 2008 presidential candidates and the downbeat mood of the nation that has been registered in recent polls.

 

Hutchison Confounds Both Sides on Abortion

By W. Gardner Selby

Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has held statewide office since 1991 and served in the U.S. Senate since 1993, could turn out to be the most popular Texas politician of her era and, barring a zippy bid by Lance Armstrong, the state's strongest-starting candidate for governor in 2010.

 

Hillary Reveals Her Inner Self

by Peggy Noonan

The story isn't that the Democrats finally took on Hillary Clinton. Nor is it that they were gentlemanly to the point of gingerly and tentative. There was an air of "Please, somebody kill her for me so I can jump in and show high minded compassion at her plight!"

 

Advertising with Tax Dollars; Equity for Texans

By Michael Quinn Sullivan

Should state agencies use tax dollars to, effectively, lobby you to accept their policy positions? Should government programs be promoting themselves through ad campaigns?