Share/Bookmark Fueled by high wind, dry brush and a mean streak that was literally miles wide, wildfires robbed hundreds of Central Texans of their homes and treasured possessions. Fires that started last week are defying efforts to control them by municipal and volunteer firefighters who responded to the blazes. The blazes tested the limits of
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Share/BookmarkTexas Gov. Rick Perry made waves during a recent Republican presidential debate when he referred to Social Security — one of the entitlement programs responsible for our nation’s skyrocketing debt — as a “Ponzi scheme.” “You cannot keep the status quo in place and call it anything other than a Ponzi scheme,” Perry said. “It
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Share/BookmarkThe 1980s and 1990s were prime time for environmental scares, many of which proved bogus. On one side were liberals, greens and professional alarmists who always assumed the worst. On the other side, many non-liberals chose to heed scientists who had studied the evidence. Time and again, the skeptics were right. Remember the Alar scare
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Share/BookmarkGov. Rick Perry is said to be looking forward to his first debate in the competition for the Republican presidential nomination, at the Reagan Presidential Library on Sept. 7. That’s great. But it’s a shame Perry didn’t feel that Texas voters deserved a debate with his Democratic opponent when he ran for re-election for governor
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Share/BookmarkRecently, Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged what many Texans have known for two years at least — that he’s running for president. To buy into the notion that he finally gave in to the urging of his legions of supporters (especially his wife), or heeded a call from a higher power, requires a suspension of reality
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Share/BookmarkEvidently Rick Perry is a Christian. But does he have to make such a big deal out of it? “As a nation,” the governor of my state declared when he announced the prayer rally that attracted more than 30,000 people to Houston’s Reliant Stadium, “we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us
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Share/BookmarkIf you think it’s hot, just imagine what it’s like for those who can’t cover the high cost of utility bills and must suffer this unrelenting heat. With the temperature seemingly stuck at well over 100 and August only beginning, Texans are right to wonder about that extra buck or so that many of us
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Share/BookmarkThe National Governor’s Association annual meeting concluded last month with a closing address by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who writes that there is an urgent need for government to do four things to stem what he characterizes as America’s slow decline: spend, cut, tax and invest.  If those sound like competing priorities, that’s
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Share/BookmarkThe National Governor’s Association annual meeting concluded last month with a closing address by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who writes that there is an urgent need for government to do four things to stem what he characterizes as America’s slow decline: spend, cut, tax and invest.  If those sound like competing priorities, that’s
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Share/BookmarkCHARLESTON, S.C. — When Gov. Rick Perry charges into the presidential race today, he’ll be doing it in a state that’s crucial for Republicans in a forum that could help power his late-starting fund-raising and campaign network. Perry’s planned presidential announcement at conservative bloggers’ RedState gathering highlights his comfort with social media, where supporters can
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