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WASHINGTON – Thursday morning on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called on the Senate to consider tougher sanctions on Russia. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video …
July, 2018
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18 July
Op-Ed: When Everyone is an Expert, No One is an Expert.
At first you were amusing, adding your thoughts in the “Comment sections” of blogs where every single other person was somehow suddenly a frikkin’ genius in whatever topic the blog entry happened to be talking …
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11 July
Op-Ed: The Brown Invaders Aren’t Taking Your Jobs. The Robots Are.
Unless you are machine-gutting overfed chickens or stooped over in the Arizona sun picking genetically modified tasteless tomatoes or working the night shift at the Happy Times Asian massage parlor then chances are your job …
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9 July
Op-Ed: Hurd on the Hill: Preventing the Summer Slide
When I was in grade school, at least one teacher always had a sign in the classroom that said “reading is fundamental.” This is as true now as it was then. Learning how to read …
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7 July
Op-Ed: Harlan Ellison is Dead
Harlan Ellison is dead. He bit it a few days back. He was old. 84 to be exact. It was his time. He had lived quite a life, and for most of you, the name …
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3 July
Video – Op-Ed: God Bless America…and Kate Smith
Remember when the Fourth of July meant baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet? Growing up in the seventies, the Fourth meant all the variety shows on TV would be trotting out Kate Smith to …
June, 2018
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26 June
Op-Ed: The Paralysis of Choice
CBS Sunday Morning once had an interesting segment about how we are paralyzed by the enormous amount of choices that we face each day, from buying a car to picking a mate, to choosing a …
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25 June
Cornyn Calls on Democrats to Join Effort to Keep Families Together, Enforce the Law
WASHINGTON – Monday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his recent trip to the Texas-Mexico border and the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act, legislation to ensure immigrant families can …
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21 June
Bishop’s Statement Regarding Executive Order Ending Separation of Families
As most Americans, I was relieved to receive the news that the policy of separating families when they arrive at our southern border would end. It is good to know that this most draconian of …
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19 June
Op-Ed: Charging for The Free
I am amazed with the ability of companies and education organizations to charge for things that should be free. For instance, I once was on a panel discussion at a conference explaining how my district …
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18 June
Video+Statement: Cornyn – Families Should be Kept Together at the Border
On Monday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his plan to update and reintroduce his 2014 legislation, the HUMANE Act, to keep parents and children who’ve been apprehended at our border together …
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14 June
Op-Ed: Fear, Credible Fear and Damned Fear
Before you dive into this one, fair warning, it’s got a couple of seemingly odd asides, and a good old movie reference, since we as Americans love to compare everything to the big screen. Over …
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14 June
Senator Rodríguez’s Statement on Trump’s Tent Camp in Tornillo
State Sen. José Rodríguez’s issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s decision to set up a “tent city” in Tornillo to house children forcibly separated from their asylum-seeking parents: We should have “zero tolerance” …
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12 June
Op-Ed: Growing the Next Steve Jobs
My friend and education guru Kevin Honeycutt had a conversation where he said to me that many of the most creative minds in history all hated their school experience. He spoke of Einstein (who’s Algebra …
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12 June
Hurd on the Hill: Fighting for Texas Seniors
Summer has officially arrived in the 23rd District of Texas, and with a Texas summer, we can all expect some pretty hot temperatures from San Antonio to El Paso. The summer months tend to come …
