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March 31, 2025

Property Rights, Free-Markets, or SB 819?

You don’t have to oppose renewables in order to support the full exploitation of our God-given resources of natural gas and oil, as Gov. Abbott’s energy policy demonstrates. One doesn’t require the other. You could, in fact, support a level playing field. What a novel idea!

March 14, 2025

Texas Should Not Regulate AI -- Yet

Texas should hold off on regulating this potentially transformative technology. It’s absurd to regulate a technology like AI on a state-by-state basis. AI isn’t exactly intrastate commerce.

Texas should be a leader in innovation, not a leader in regulation. 
August 11, 2023

Technology Can Save Kids' Lives in Texas

Texas legislators should consider investing in the necessary technology to properly serve its wards in its deficient foster care system instead of spending their time in populist pontificating against “Big Tech.”

August 4, 2023

Texas Goes Big on Broadband...Maybe

Loads of new federal dollars for expanded broadband access presents Texas (and other states) an opportunity to make broadband available to every resident. But the state will have to stay laser-focused on reaching unserved communities instead of taking the easier road and creating additional competition for existing broadband customers.

April 18, 2019

If Offered Free-Markets or "Regulatory Certainty," Choose Free-Markets

Conservatives say they hate crony capitalism, but a bill that makes it illegal for a new competitor providing a legal product or service to enter a market takes crony capitalism to a whole new level.

October 31, 2018

Austin's Affordable Housing Problem

Austin hopes to address its affordable housing problem with a $925 million bond issue. 

April 5, 2017

No Basis for Conservative Opposition to the Texas Central Rail Project

There is no principled conservative objection to the privately financed Texas Central Rail project, but those trying to kill the project ARE violating several conservative principles.

March 3, 2017

Ailing Texas Telemedicine May Be On the Mend

Restrictions, such as what exists for now in Texas, simply increase health care cost, restrict opportunity and choice for patients, and smack of paternalistic big government.

June 8, 2016

Broken School Finance System Creates an Opportunity for School Choice in Texas

As broken as education funding in Texas is, school choice is poised to be the carrot legislators need to make substantive changes to the current system.

April 21, 2016

Texas Telemedicine is Ailing

As yet another example of regulation hampering innovation, telemedicine in Texas is being held back by the Texas Medical Board.

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