Texas Liberty Defender

  By: Texas Liberty Defender  The Texas Legislature recently passed S.B. No. 10 , a law requiring every public school classroom in the state to display a specific version of the Ten Commandments . At first glance, this might seem like a victory for traditional values. But when you examine the bill carefully, it's clear: S.B. 10 is a serious threat to liberty, religious freedom, and even the integrity of Scripture itself. Here’s why this law is a bad idea for Texas . 🔹 1. S.B. 10 Mandates a Faulty Translation The bill uses the word “ kill ” in the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” —but the Hebrew word in Exodus 20:13 is רָצַח (ratsach) , which means “murder,” not “kill.” The distinction matters. The Bible never forbids all killing (e.g., in self-defense, war, or capital punishment), but it does forbid murder. By mistranslating this verse , S.B. 10 misrepresents the original meaning of the commandment and misleads students. 🔹 2. Inconsistent Use of the Divine Name The...

    Once upon a time, the Republican Party stood as the final barricade against government overreach. It was the party of Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Ron Paul. It championed limited government, personal responsibility, and individual freedom —not as talking points, but as sacred principles. But something is changing. The party that once railed against the nanny state is now flirting with becoming one. And it must stop. In her monumental book  The Discovery of Freedom (1943), Rose Wilder Lane—daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder and one of the great thinkers of liberty—traces the long, tragic arc of human history through the lens of one central question: Why have people been poor, hungry, and oppressed for six thousand years, and why did that suddenly begin to change in America? Her answer is profound: Freedom works. Control kills. "The plain fact is that human energy operates more effectively in these United States than it has ever operated before... Because it ...

  I have a core political philosophy from which all meaningful policy positions naturally arise. It's simple, powerful, and distinctly American: More freedom, less government. Personal responsibility. I am the Texas Liberty Defender . If you truly believe in these ideals, they lead—without contradiction—to a consistent worldview. That worldview doesn’t pick and choose when to favor freedom. It doesn’t embrace government expansion when it happens to serve your pet issue. It means standing for liberty even when it's uncomfortable or inconvenient. Historically, this is what set us apart from big-government Democrats. They may not have agreed on much—environmentalists and union loggers often found themselves at odds—but they were united by one thing: a belief in an ever-growing state powerful enough to enforce their respective agendas. They didn’t need to be ideologically consistent. All they needed was a big enough government to get their way. Unfortunately, many in the Repub...