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Trump’s first 100 days are now fodder for the history books, and there are plenty of different opinions on just how effective these first days have been.   Frankly, I don’t think they are nearly as important as the other 2,820 days of his presidency will be. How, exactly, did we come to the conclusion that 100 days, or about 3% of his two terms, is somehow the predictor of success?  This whole “100 days” construct harkens back to the days of...

UPDATE:  At the TFRW Legislative Day, the generosity of our members and guests helped us raise enough to pair one dog with one Vet!  When our Lt. Governor, Dan Patrick, heard about our mission to raise funds for Patriot Paws, he volunteered to raise enough funding so that we could provide a SECOND dog to a deserving Veteran. We will continue to accept donations – our new goal is to team one or two more dogs with deserving Vets by our...

President Trump’s first attempt to keep a campaign promise – to repeal and replace the ACA – went up in flames like  Chicago in 1871 and the House Freedom Caucus was Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. I wrote this in January about the opening of the state legislative session, but it rings equally true for our D.C. Congressional efforts: “Not every Republican in the House or the Senate will see eye-to-eye on every issue – it’s the nature of a representative democracy………In my experience...

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, delivered his first state of the union address. Well done, Mr. President.  Well done. You  managed to speak about the issues that Americans want to see our government address and you spoke of the need to work together, across the aisle, for a better future for all Americans and, most especially, for our children. You talked in great detail about creating a better system of health insurance that will be less expensive and more available...

Happy New Year one and all……2016 was a year of triumph and sadness,  like so many years before her.  2017 lays ahead of us full of promise, but will surely bring us moments of despair – it’s just the nature of the beast. But what sorts of things did 2016 telegraph for 2017? Let’s start with the notion that the election of Donald Trump may very well have signaled the end of political correctness as we’ve known it.  The stranglehold of liberal...

One of the goals of TFRW this term is to broaden our influence in the Texas legislative process. At the Board of Directors meeting held in Austin on October 22nd, the Board voted unanimously to approve the first legislative advocacy resolution of this term. This resolution, entitled, “Promoting Free Speech and Transparency In Elections” follows the example of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia when he said, “Requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts...