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Center for Public Policy Priorities

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    USA Today: "Move to Texas." Ish.

    ​In hotels all across the country this morning, folks are rising and shining to that bit of advice courtesy this state of the state, which, like everyone else, is just waiting for Rick Perry to jump into the pool of GOP candidates and begin talking about how The Great State of Texas is a jobs-maki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    State GOP Legislators' Revenge Won't Be on Democrats, But on the Old, Poor and Sick

    ​People all over America should watch the special session of the Texas Legislature, just now beginning, if they want to see what Republicans are really up to. Among other things, they're out to kill Medicare and Medicaid. The regular session was stymied at the last minute when Democratic sta ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    How Bad Will Things Have to Get Before We Make Them Better?

    ​People all over America should watch the special session of the Texas Legislature, just now beginning, if they want to see what Republicans are really up to. Among other things, they're out to kill Medicare and Medicaid. The regular session was stymied at the last minute when Democratic sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Does Texas Need a Debacle?

    ​Two experiences over the weekend have given me hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York, and the other was a seminar I attended on the state budget crisis. Debacles can be good for us. The documentary made an argument that the sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    "Regionalism" Just Means Dallas is Going to Get Drilled When It Comes to Fracking

    ​So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    In San Angelo This Morning, a Quest to Discern the Difference Between Prosecution and Persecution

    ​So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    You Can Give a Kid Breakfast. But You Can't Make a Kid Eat It.

    ​So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    One Out of Four Texas Children Goes Hungry At Some Point During the Year

    ​So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Little Lost Boys...and Girls

    Is the move to privatize Child Protective Services leaving huge gaps in care?

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    The Big Squeeze

    Thinking about taking out a payday loan? Think again, sucker.

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Eeek, the Facts!

    The city council fears mice in corners whispering truth

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    The True Believer

    Say what you want about Marvin Olasky, the oddball UT professor and controversial architect of Bush's "compassionate conservatism." He practices what he preaches.

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