Reviving the Raven

The Democrat Party Needs a Sam Houston to Reject Insurrectionist Rhetoric and Economic Hypocrisy In today’s polarized America, the Democrat Party’s resistance to federal immigration law enforcement, cloaked in claims of "state sovereignty" and justified by assertions that illegal alien labor prevents economic collapse, echoes the antebellum South’s economically driven defiance of federal authority. This rhetoric, as David Strom notes today in a Hot Air column, risks “open rebellion” by reviving Confederate-era states’ rights arguments. The party’s stance mirrors the South’s defense of slavery as economically vital, a path Sam Houston rejected in his 1854 Senate speech against the Kansas-Nebraska Act…

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The Texas Hill Country Floods

Nature’s Fury, Heroic Responses, and Vile Politicization The Texas Hill Country grapples with the devastating aftermath of a catastrophic flooding event that reached its zenith on July 4-5, claiming at least 87 precious lives and leaving 41 individuals-among them the innocent children of Camp Mystic-still unaccounted for. This heart-wrenching disaster, a relentless manifestation of nature’s unbridled power, has illuminated the extraordinary courage and selflessness of countless responders while laying bare the reprehensible opportunism of Democrats and their liberal media allies, who have transformed this tragedy into a cesspool of partisan exploitation. Let us peel back the layers of distortion with an…

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There is No Right in This

A Lament and Prayer for Camp Mystic The Guadalupe River floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country, claiming at least 69 lives, including 21 children, with 11 girls and one counselor still missing from Camp Mystic as of Sunday morning. The river surged 26 feet in 45 minutes, destroying homes, cabins, and lives with little warning. Parents grieve children like Sarah Marsh, Janie Hunt, Lila Bonner, and others, including best friends Katie and Emma, and Kellyanne Lytal, whose absence shatters hearts beyond reason. The camp’s director, Richard “Dick” Eastland, died trying to save girls, deepening the community’s sorrow. We trust these children…

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Rangers Lead the Way

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc A Saga of Valor, Sacrifice, and Texan Spirit on D-Day’s Anniversary On the windswept cliffs of Normandy, where the sea crashes against jagged rocks and the scars of war still whisper through the ages, the story of D-Day, June 6, 1944, unfolds as a testament to human courage. At the heart of this epic lies Pointe du Hoc, a fortress of stone and steel where Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder, a proud son of Texas A&M, led his 2nd Ranger Battalion in a mission that would echo through history. Supported by the thunderous guns of…

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