As often happens with measures working their way through the political cauldron of the Texas Legislature, the hyperbolic editorial rhetoric targeted at the Governor’s proposals (HB 274) for improving our civil justice system has managed to completely divorce itself from the reality of what the proposals actually do.

Texans hate the idea of an unfair fight. Remember the Alamo?

Last month, I voted for SB 16, the Senate version of what is commonly referred to as the sonogram bill. (A similar bill won approval from the Texas House of Representatives earlier this month.)

I voted for SB 16 because I believe that people should understand the gravity of their decisions. Unfortunately, there is no sonogram provision for the Texas budget process. No one is going to force lawmakers to visit people with special needs and say, "the services you need are being cut." No provision will compel politicians to inform high school students that Texas Grants (which their teachers ha

We invited three advocates to share their preferences and ideas for what the state's lawmakers should do in the face of rising costs and tight revenues. And now, Bill Hammond of the Texas Association of Business, Talmadge Heflin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Eva DeLuna Castro of the Center for Public Policy Priorities.

Rick Perry didn’t beat Bill White on Tuesday because he was more ruthless, raised more money, or looked better on television.

The start of school should bring a renewed sense of purpose and optimism. Who isn’t hopeful about the future as our students start a new school year loaded with promise, potential and 40-pound backpacks?

My constituents adamantly believe it is wrong for the "Big Brother" State to take their private property away from them unnecessarily. The battle being fought for beach landowner rights is the same fight timber and pasture landowners face in our district. We have a statewide official who wants to take private property from Texans and the Legislature said no.

I am extremely proud of the work of the conference committee on HB 300—the Texas Department of Transportation Sunset legislation—and I am very disappointed by the unfair attacks made by Senator Carona against the committee, the process that we employed to seek a committee report that would pass both the Texas House and Senate and his extremely unfair and harsh attacks against me personally. Senator Carona's distortions sadden me because not only are they patently false, but because he is also attempting to reinvent history.

There is an old Italian saying: Dai nemici mi guardo io, dagli amici mi guardi Iddio.
It means "I can protect myself from my enemies; may God protect me from my friends!"

One of the cornerstones of good economic analysis is the realization that, in the words of my former colleague Milton Friedman, "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch."