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Woman of Color
This is a guest post by JP Miller In late January we witnessed a brazen low point in the history of the United States. President Joseph Biden announced the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer from the Supreme Court. He would be examining candidates with the best minds, the highest moral character and best records of…
Planks vs. Principles
The Texas Republican Party biennial convention was held in San Antonio in mid-June. In the end, the delegates approved a platform that includes 331 planks! According to the Austin American-Statesman, the planks range from affirming the party’s belief in God to denial of climate change, from abolishing as many occupational licensing laws as is “reasonably…
Fighting Injustice with Injustice
In 2020. California established the California Reparations Task Force. A few weeks ago, the task force approved recommendations to be considered by the state’s legislature. Several of the recommendations are meant to address housing segregation and past housing decisions based on skin color. At the end of the day, the task force recommends fighting injustice…
The Politics of Water Rates
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on April 26, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. In defending the highest water rate increase in the history of Houston, city officials have regularly made noises about the need to have citizens pay the full cost of delivering clean drinking water. As council member Sue Lovell said:…
Individual Rights: The Ultimate in Local Control
In his concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell. Because any substantive due process decision is ‘demonstrably erroneous, we have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those…
A Generation of Second-handers
A recent survey found that 44 percent of Generation Z and 46 percent of Millennials are “obsessed with the idea of being rich.” While there is nothing wrong with the desire to be wealthy, obsessing over it can lead to some bad choices. That appears to be happening with younger adults, and not surprisingly, some…