Texas is known for a lot of things — but pushovers aren’t one of them. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) learned that the hard way when it picked a fight with White Oak High…
Topic: Texas
Texas may Force State Colleges to Perform before Raising Tuition
The state’s senate body is deciding whether to force colleges and universities to fulfill performance-based criteria in order to hike their tuition and receive state funding. An intriguing bill, nonetheless.
Texas School District tried to Pick and Choose which Religious Speech to Allow
Interesting court case at the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, where an advertisement was not allowed by a Texas school district to show on a school’s jumbotron during football games.
Concealed Carry Efforts at Texas Colleges Drives Houston Chronicle Nuts
The Houston Chronicle claimed the concealed carry efforts on Texas college campuses could siphon away money from universities. Yeah, they went there.
Texas Faculty Told Not to Support On-Campus Carry Efforts for Students
Talk about an attempt to suppress free speech and Second Amendment rights. The faculty council chair at the University of Texas-Austin told faculty to not support the on-campus carry efforts in the university system: “Professor…
Hate Crime Hoax: Muslim Student Lies about Intimidation
Is this new culture of Millennials hell-bent on creating stories to get press and become famous? A student in Texas claimed a white man stalked her for six miles and was threatening, but later: ““The student…
Concealed Carry on Texas College Campuses? Could be a Reality
In light of school shootings, this could help mitigate such tragedies with concealed carry permit holders possibly deterring potential perpetrators.
CIA Conspiracy Theorist at the MLA
During the question and answer portion of one of the many panels at the 2015 Modern Language Association convention in Vancouver, Canada, one professor claimed he was being politically persecuted. David Anshen, who works at…
Rick Perry on Border Security
Lax border control on the southern border opens the door to almost anyone who wants to enter the U.S. illegally, and according to Governor Rick Perry, that includes terrorists. “Remember the ISIS version of ‘mission…
Regent Does Job, Suffers
We have written about the travails of University of Texas regent Wallace Hall who, because of his investigation into UT practices, became a bête noire to the political establishment in the state capitol. As we…