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Constitution Day

September 17th was the 232d anniversary of the document that formed the world’s longest-running Constitutional Republic, our America. The challenge for us today is to thwart the rising tide of tyranny — called progressive socialism — which seeks to fundamentally transform our Republic. Sadly we don’t teach our Constitution by…

When Texas Resembles California

We all know the saying, “keep Austin weird” as if that is some moniker of pride in the capital city of the Lone Star State. It was just recently decided by the Austin City Council to allow homeless individuals to erect tents downtown. We have previously reported on the Autonomous…

The Left’s Grand Endeavor

When David Koch passed away tragically from prostate cancer, the ugliness and incivility of the progressive socialist left was clear and evident. Even publicly, on cable shows, they said the most heinous and vile things about a man who had done nothing other than support Libertarian and conservative causes. There…

Backing the Blue

It is a fair question to ask: why are so many of our large American cities failing, especially in the areas of crime and gun violence? Recently, we have shared with you stories of delusional deranged progressive socialist leftist obfuscation when it comes to the cities that they control, and…

Violent Threats with No Consequences

I am tired of the duplicity of leftist violence, something for which they never seem to accept responsibility. We shared with you the story of the Autonomous Student Network here in Austin, Texas threatening freshman conservative students entering the University of Texas. There is a reason why these leftist students feel empowered — because…

The Urban Center the Left Wants to Ignore

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about how the progressive socialist left “cherry-picks” tragedies. To demonstrate, below you will find a brief analysis of what happened — again — in Chicago this past weekend. We all grieve for any and all loss of innocent life. Sadly, there are those who only…

Borders Work: A Fact-Finding Trip to Israel

The Center’s Vice President for Research and Analysis, Clare M. Lopez, traveled to Israel in late May-early June 2019 on a fact-finding trip with Tom Trento and the United West team, guided in-country by Roni Wexler and Heritage Tours. With a theme of ‘Borders and How Security is Done,’ the…

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