“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” – George Patton General Patton was, of course, right. We spend so much time adopting a posture of “mourning” on Memorial Day that we forget the very lives we are supposed to be remembering. While most of our fellow countrymen will be consumed with a day of shopping, BBQs or booze, Memorial Day is... read more

House Bill 11, drawing $2 billion from the Economic Stabilization Fund, died on a Point of Order raised by Rep. Sylvester Turner. He cited Rule 8, Section 21, “Consideration of Bills Involving State Funds.” As I understand it, the Rule finds that because the budget has passed through the chamber, no appropriations bills (which HB11 is/was because it appropriated monies) can move forward until the budget has been... read more