Opinion

Just a few days ago a member of Donald Trump's former executive branch was arrested on his way to Nashville to appear on Mike Huckabee's Christian television program. His supposed crime was that he had refused a subpoena from the House Jan. 6th Committee on the grounds of executive privilege. In point of fact, however, he could have refused to respond on the grounds that the committee itself was illegal and should not possess subpoena power because it was purely partisan and did not meet bipartisan requirements. Nancy Pelosi rejected every Republican that the Republican leadership submitted for committee membership. Instead she selected a mere two RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) who were “Never Trumpers” and biased to the core. Now, of course, that same committee has been broadcasting its supposed findings. Fortunately, polls show that the electorate is not extremely interested in what it has to say.

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.

We are currently hearing a ton about the need to ban or circumscribe “assault rifles.” I notice that when liberal legislators use the term, however, they seem to use it interchangeably with “semi-automatic.” There is a world of difference between the two terms. True assault rifles can generally be switched between semi-automatic and fully automatic (in which a single trigger pull produces continuous fire). They also feature flash suppressors to prevent the enemy from seeing the source of gun fire and barrel shrouds to prevent heated barrels from burning the shooter. They also will take magazines of significant capacity. A semi-automatic rifle, on the other hand, simply fires one shot per trigger pull.