The heat is on in San Antonio and other parts of Texas, and state lawmakers should take note that renewable energy was pivotal in keeping the air conditioning running. San Antonio broke a record May…

Which American politician said the following? Item one: “Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected.…

President Trump wants peace in Ukraine, but Vladimir Putin keeps tapping the U.S. along. Witness the Russian leader’s embarrassing no-show in Istanbul Thursday. This revealing episode began last week as the leaders of the major…

Two contradictory events this week illustrate the muddled, inconsistent mess that passes for U.S. immigration policy. On Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau personally welcomed almost 60 white South Africans claiming refugee status to…

Every time recycling enthusiasts request city and county officials to investigate launching a recycling service, their arguments grow stronger.  At Monday’s Iola Council meeting, local recycling organizer Steve Strickler illustrated how he and other volunteers…

While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the U.S. military accepting used equipment from another country, President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Boeing 747 from Qatar as a new Air Force One and then keeping…

The deaths of 19 students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary showed Texas that it wasn’t doing enough to keep kids safe in school. Almost three years later, it still…

Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs — and by Mr. Trump’s own hand.  Witness the agreement Monday morning to scale back his punitive…

In its effort to increase deportations of migrants, the Trump administration announced Tuesday evening that it would send planeloads to the north African country of Libya.  That appeared to be news to Libya. Run by…

Whatever you think of the National Endowment for the Arts, or federal funding of the arts more generally, surely reasonable Americans all can agree that government agencies should not claw back previously approved grants when…