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“Working with” Texas Democrats different than empowering them

Election season tends to find certain political issues exaggerated or distorted by candidates, candidate supporters and opponents, and members of the media reporting on such. One such issue is the Texas Republican fight over appointing … [Read More...]

More reporting backs me up on dropped Paxton charges | Risible Dade Phelan | Cruz/Allred polling – Pratt on Texas 3/28/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  More reporting is out bolstering all I have told you about the demise of those so-called "fraud" charges against Ken Paxton that were held onto for 8-years … [Read More...]

Is Abbott attacking speech or bad actions in new executive order? | Remember Goliad! – Pratt on Texas 3/27/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  Political goals trump justice for much of the state's leftwing media as well as many politicians - a sinful shame. Headlines such as "Ken Paxton is Not … [Read More...]

Paxton charges dropped: I’ll give more in 1 hour today than you’ll get from all the state press – Pratt on Texas 3/26/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  A MUST LISTEN SHOW! For well over a decade, I have covered the charges lodged against Ken Paxton over the so-called "securities fraud," which was never fraud by … [Read More...]

Texas MD forces FDA to remove its WuFlu “misinformation” | $1.3 billion investment in Longview facility – Pratt on Texas 3/25/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a Texas WuFlu heroine, is still fighting and has won a big victory over the Food and Drug Administration that tried to frighten Americans … [Read More...]

Abbott: Eliminate school M&O property tax | Funny name for new Denton PAC | Border news – Pratt on Texas 3/22/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott repeats the goal of eliminating public school M&O property taxes at TPPF summit. Lt. Gov. Patrick gets standing ovation for committing to … [Read More...]

Oliverson running for Texas House Speaker | SCOTUS hears case of former Castle Hills councilwoman – Pratt on Texas 3/21/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Middle-of-the-pack, voting wise, Republican state Representative Tom Oliverson has announced a very public run to be the next Texas Speaker of the House. It is a … [Read More...]

Attempt to rewrite of Texas history continues | SB4 court ping pong | Hamas values in Houston – Pratt on Texas 3/20/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Leftist "wokeness," a common mental and moral deficiency, will not go away even with Texas history. The Marxist-style attempts to rewrite Texas history continue … [Read More...]

The real problem at TTU & the suspended prof | SCOTUS allows Texas border law to go into effect – Pratt on Texas 3/19/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: After extending the pause on Texas SB4 border enforcement bill yesterday, today the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Texas arrest and prosecute for illegal entry law … [Read More...]

The Austin legislative aristocracy’s big lie | Paxton’s new DA rule getting police support – Pratt on Texas 3/18/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Big Lie: "Working with Democrats" requires empowering Democrats in Texas. That and much more of the mess regarding the Phelan runoff and how the self-anointed … [Read More...]

Texas Dem: Hispanic Trump backers like Jews for Hitler | More regulation won’t stop wildfire – Pratt on Texas 3/15/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: If you are Hispanic, or any other so-called "minority," and do not follow your Democrat Party "masters" orders to vote as they instruct, you are akin to a "Jew for … [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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