This article originally ran on Texas Scorecard on April 29. Diners at Gloria’s Latin Cuisine in Colleyville were the subjects of a photo spread at Dailymail.com after Mayor Richard Newton authorized patio service in area restaurants in a “controversial” proclamation. According to the MailOnline, these patrons engaged in shocking behavior when their “masks … came off once…
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The Liberty Cafe 005: The Renewable Energy Culture is on the Wrong Side of Liberty
Don’t believe the slick marketing of the renewable energy industry. “Wind and solar energy are [not] cheaper to produce than that generated from coal or even natural gas.” And never will be. Which is why industry participants will spend whatever it takes to force American taxpayers and consumers to continue to fork out more than…
Governments Slow to Match Sacrifices Texans are Making During the Coronavirus Lockdown
The article originally ran in The Texan on April 29. Café Medici is a locally owned coffee shop operating three cafes in Austin. That number used to be six, though, before the COVID-19 shutdown. “We had to close three of them; one for good,” said owner Michael Vaclav, who founded the company with his wife…
Recent Local Tax Shortfalls Point Toward Declines In Revenue Across The State
This article originally ran in The Texan on April 30. With less than two months of data from the COVID-19 lockdown, the long term revenue picture for Texas state and local governments is still unclear. But the short term is beginning to come into focus. Cities, which rely heavily on various sales taxes, have been…
The Liberty Cafe 004: Property
As we emerge from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown, we are going to take some time to discuss what the fact that God is the Creator and we are not tells us about property ownership. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
What Does Liberty Look Like: The Source of Liberty
This is the second post in the ongoing What Does Liberty Look Like series. When Jesus began His ministry as recorded in Luke, this is what He read from Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to…
Renewable Energy Feeling the Pain of COVID-19
For the first time last year, electricity produced from wind in Texas almost equaled the amount produced from coal. This year, it appears as if wind is going to blow coal away. Last year, both sources produced about 20% of the electricity used on the grid. For the first three months of 2020, however, wind…
What Does Liberty Look Like?
This is the first post in the ongoing What Does Liberty Look Like series. In a recent email with friends I mentioned that, “it is not so clear to me that the government having the power to tell people and hospitals what surgeries they can have and when they can have them—even during an emergency—is…
Patience and Libby
Life during the COVID-19 lockdown has its ups and downs:
Whither Our Nanny Police State?
There is a lot of debate about how to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak even within the church. It is important for Christians to have these discussions because we are all susceptible to being blinded by the Enemy and our individual sinful flesh and thus are all in need of opportunities to overcome our blindness….