Opinion

When James Tiberius Kirk attended the Star Fleet Academy, he was required by the school to take a test that had been constructed so it was impossible to win. Kirk, however, did not believe there was such a thing as a no-win scenario. He, therefore, introduced a virus into the computer software and defeated the Klingons in the ensuing virtual confrontation by cheating. We see that same thing happening today except that the Klingons have been replaced by government apparatchiks.

Texas often prides itself on being a low-regulation state that puts the free market ahead of all else. While this approach does work in some situations, often on a short-term basis, it can also have dire consequences as demonstrated by millions of Texans left without power and/or water.

A German pastor who survived a World War 11 concentration camp (Martin Niemoller) wrote, “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then the Nazis came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then the Nazis came for me—and by that time no one was left to speak up.”