Brett Rogers/Contributing writer The government is a gun, which can either be pointed at you – to take your things and your decisions away from you. Or it can pointed away from you, defensively, to protect your property and your life. We constitute government to defend us, but increasingly, government isContinue Reading
Brett Rogers/Contributing writer When you’re having a hard time completing a project, you only have two choices: trim the requirements and features so that there is less work to do, or you can throw more bodies at the problem. Survey after survey shows that Americans, when shown the agenda ofContinue Reading
Brett Rogers/ Contributing writer In what I do to make a living, part of what I do is videography. Though I make promotional videos for businesses, about half of that work is shooting commercials for political candidates. Each time I shoot, I get to spend some very personal time inside aContinue Reading
By Brett Rogers I’m tired of race. I’m tired of being pushed by others into thinking about it. If people ask me what I am or how I identify, I say that I am Brett. I’ve never introduced myself as a white man – mostly because I see myself asContinue Reading
By Brett Rogers Back in 2015, I was the campaign manager for a Republican challenging Democrat Congressman Filemon Vela in southern Texas, whose district stretches from near Corpus Christi to Brownsville on the border. Working on that campaign I became aware of the horrible human trafficking that took place becauseContinue Reading
By Brett Rogers, Now that the legislature is in session, even though we’re coming off of COVID and Gov. Abbott has finally seen fit to rescind his job-killing restrictions, things are moving much faster behind the scenes than what we can see. That’s part of the problem with government today:Continue Reading
By Brett Rogers A grassroots activist is someone whom the government finally made mad enough that they decide to get involved in politics. I watched South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem tell the story of her entry into politics at a young age. When she was a young woman, her fatherContinue Reading