Yesterday morning, President Donald Trump “left” the Trans-Pacific Partnership, better known as the TTP. Congress’ choice not to ratify the deal in the previous session all but assured...
As we head into the third week of the 85th Texas Legislative session, one thing has become abundantly clear — lawmakers would like to force a false dilemma between freedom and public services. This...
Almost one year ago and well before the 2016 election, Rex Tillerson — former ExxonMobil CEO and Donald Trump’s current pick for secretary of state — participated in a speaking event...
The Texas Legislature has a bit of a history when it comes to passing bills that create issues rather than solve existing ones. Last year, the campus carry bill drew a disproportionate amount of attention,...
Most of us may have moved beyond our antiquated belief in fixed intelligence, but in our not-too-distant cultural wake, we see an era obsessed with categorizing people based on intellectual capacity.
Some...
Is President Trump — his title as of today, Jan. 20 — a populist hero elected to root out corruption and rebuke coastal elites? Or is he a dangerously inexperienced demagogue who flaunts the...
Some days this winter have been idyllic to many Austinites, with temperatures in the high 70s and never dropping below 60 degrees. But when we can take a dip in Barton Springs in January, we have to know...
This time of year, I’m always excited for the many awards shows set to come our way in the next few weeks. I just have to watch the red carpet coverage and sit through hours of actors delivering...
On Tuesday, as the semester began, so too did the filing period to run for a position in Student Government, as well as in a host of other organizations. Between now and Feb. 14, every student on campus,...
As children, our parents teach us that learning is a constant process and we do our absolute best to ignore them. With the many distractions inherent in our culture, it is easy to absorb mindless entertainment...
On Dec. 15, senior Newsweek writer Kurt Eichenwald went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show to debate a bombshell discovery that Eichenwald had made about Donald Trump being admitted to a mental institution...
Although progress toward a more diverse and inclusive nation feels lost with the new president-elect taking office in a couple of days, a new commemorative coin from the U.S. Mint Treasury features the...
