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Fruit Fiasco: High School Students Face Punishment for 'Racist' Fruit Basket
The hullabaloo started on Oct. 16 when the marching bands from Atascocita High School and Summer Creek High School exchanged gifts before a football game. ... The youngsters from Atascocita gave their counterparts a Halloween basket that included canned pineapple, a whole coconut, a small watermelon and some candy. An adult sponsor for the band raised concerns and those concerns were forwarded to school administrators.
Planned Parenthood Fights Defunding Efforts
Texas and Louisiana tackle funding for the abortion giant.
Broken Educational System Punishes Kid for Clock
In the past, children tinkered with computers. Today, those kids are tech leaders.
GE Wants It Both Ways — Low Taxes and High Subsidies
Relocating from Connecticut for lower taxes, avoiding Texas over Ex-Im opposition.
Texas Deputy's Life Matters
Any movement crosses a line when it starts advocating violence.

Kerry Is Clueless, Anti-Semitism In America, Clinton Chaos
Secretary of State John Kerry is the man who negotiated the nuclear deal with the ayatollah's representatives from the Islamic Republic of Iran. It would be reassuring to know that our negotiators are sophisticated and understand the dangers confronting the free world. Critics of the deal have been deeply concerned from the beginning about the extent of the concessions Kerry made to appease the Iranians. An interview Kerry recently did with The Atlantic explains a lot.

Pastor Defends Texas Jewish Neighborhood After Night of Terror
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says they have identified at least one person they believe is responsible for terrorizing a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in San Antonio. Dozens of homes and cars were vandalized August 12 with anti-Semitic graffiti and rocks. Swastikas were spray-painted on Jewish memorials, the letters "KKK" and other racially charged language. The word "Jew" was plastered across an SUV. The attack has been classified as a hate crime but so far no formal charges have been filed, police said.

Texas' Voter ID Law Invalidated; but Is There a Silver Lining?
At least the judges didn't buy the myth that the law is intentionally racist.
Voting Rights Act Is 50, and Some Are Still Living in 1965
The New York Times wants us to believe nothing's changed.
Read more →Perry Goes for the Black Vote
The former Texas governor is saying some things more Republicans should heed.

Can't We All Just Get Along?
The latest story of cops versus minorities comes from McKinney, Texas.

SCOTUS Agrees to Define 'One Person, One Vote'
It's a decision that could shift voting power from the cities to rural areas