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Do you ever wake up and wonder why you are a Republican and not a Democrat? Nope, me either especially the last couple of weeks as the narrative from the left has become so incredibly bizarre. Let’s start with “Meatless Mondays.” My school menu always included a meatless option; grilled cheese, pasta, fish on Friday; meatless Monday is not a new concept, but the narrative is very new and very disturbing. New York City Mayor De Blasio has been quoted...

Celebrating my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday in Antigua, Guatemala, was a perfectly natural choice for our family. The Newton story began in Guatemala City where my in-laws met at the Engel Apartments while both were launching their careers; she a biology teacher and he a Coca-Cola executive. Not unlike my mother-in-law, Central America holds a very special place in my heart, and I cherish the days spent wandering the colonial streets, eating freshly made tortillas, or simply watching the locals live...

Happy Holidays to all our Texas Federation of Republican Women. I wish people a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New Year, and so on, but sometimes I want to say Happy Holidays. Wishing your fellow American a Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday has become a debate that is both religiously and politically charged. Personally, I am tired of linguistics politics during this joyous season, and I do not say Happy Holidays to be politically correct nor do I succumb to the...

  Do you remember talking about how shameful it was that Texas was 47thin voter turnout?  We really wanted Texans to participate in the voting process this election cycle and boy did we get it, only in some counties across the state it did not quite play out as expected.   This election cycle seemed to be all over the place, I would not know where to begin, my take on the election is that there are as many reasons Republicans did not...

Our organization is called the Texas Federation of Republican Women, emphasis on Republican. We are team Republican, and after the primaries and all the runoffs, we are only team Republican. I am sure somewhere in the bylaws it even spells out that we support Republican candidates. We are Republicans; we are a Republican organization which makes our mission “to elect Republicans into office.” Since election season is also in the middle of football season, let’s use sports as an analogy. Alamo...

  Our youngest son is a senior at a small liberal arts college in Memphis. The Newton children attended very liberal leaning institutions and graduated with their conservative ideological beliefs still intact, a task not so small and one of which I am very proud. Recently, Joe and I were in Memphis for our very last parent’s weekend, a weekend filled with seeing our son, his friends, and the new friends we made over the past four years. We shared meals...