William McKenzie is a journalist and commentator based in Texas, known for his writing on politics, religion, and public policy. He contributed to The Weekly Standard from 2008 to 2017, with articles frequently exploring the intersection of faith and civic life as well as Texas politics and culture. He has also been associated with the Dallas Morning News editorial board.
Expanding school choices for parents remains a heated debate, from states providing families vouchers for their children to attend private schools, to school boards creating magnet schools and other public alternatives, to states and districts granting charter schools freedom to innovate the way…
A colleague at the Dallas Morning News used to gibe when I wrote editorials about water issues: "You turn on the tap and water comes out, right?" he would gig me in a what's-the-big-deal? tone of voice.
A colleague at the Dallas Morning News used to gibe when I wrote editorials about water issues: “You turn on the tap and water comes out, right?" he would gig me in a what's-the-big-deal? tone of voice.
Anyone interested in the forces of globalization should read this book. Those interested in the movement of capital, people, and goods across North America, especially, should pick it up. Chad Broughton's report on the decline of manufacturing jobs in midsize towns in the Rust Belt, along with the…
Abraham Lincoln was a remarkable leader in so many ways it is only natural that shelves upon shelves of books have been written about our 16th president. The first Republican president was an astute politician who knew how to include his opponents on his team. He of log cabin fame knew how to use…
One of the realities of Christianity is that the church has always been forming and reforming. This evolutionary phenomenon goes back to the church’s earliest days, when believers identified themselves in various ways, such as followers of Paul or Apollos or Cephas. The divisions were so evident…
What Erica Grieder has succeeded in doing with this book is what few journalists have been able to do: The Texas Monthly editor and one-time Southwest correspondent for the Economist has captured the twin realities of a state that is easy and tempting to mischaracterize. And she avoids the traps…
You may have read about the rise in the number of Americans who claim no religious affiliation, making you think that we are on our way to becoming as irreligious as Europe. You may have read how religion is growing fast in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, leaving you to think religion is on the…
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