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Op-Ed: It’s time to turn the page on Ted Cruz

| October 30, 2024

Former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, a lifelong Republican, endorsed US Rep. Colin Allred in his race to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport November 5, 2022 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Trump campaigned at the rally for Pennsylvania Republican candidates including Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz and Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano ahead of the midterm elections to be held on November 8th. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Op-Ed: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters

by Jordan Zakarin

| October 25, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | TEXAS

More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.

Op-Ed: Our economy and our planet are on the line

by Karen Skelton

| October 23, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECONOMY | OPINION | TEXAS

As votes are cast across Texas, the future of American energy is on the ballot in the 2024 Presidential election, and the consequences matter to our pocketbooks, to our business, and to our planet. The days where climate change was some abstract concept divorced from our daily lives are over. We feel it when we […]