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Over the years, far too much attention has been paid to academic one-upmanship, with far too little consideration given to the students who ultimately foot the bill, writes state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown.

Robert Morrow’s election to the Travis County GOP chairmanship is a disaster for the party, writes writes county Vice Chairman Matt Mackowiak.

As gun rights advocates across the country force guns into academia, academics will feel compelled to bring scholarship to the gun debate, write Lisa L. Moore and Matthew Valentine of Gun Free UT.

During these perilous times, we need a leader who is courageous, consistent, passionate and principled. That leader is Ted Cruz, writes state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth.

There is a distinct difference between a private company that uses its profits to hire a lobbyist and government entities that use taxpayer dollars to do the same, writes state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has shown time and again during this contest that he is the best-prepared person to lead a post-Obama United States, writes state Rep. Jason Villalba.

As President Obama contemplates his choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, he should think of diversity — both in its normal context of race, ethnicity and gender, and in other ways such as geography, religion and experience, writes former U.S. District Judge Royal Furgeson.

In response to last week’s Tribune report, Battleground Texas political director Oscar Silva says his group has never been about any single staffer or election — it’s about building a volunteer organization to engage Texans all across our state.

The discourse that began after a race-related incident this week on the Texas A&M campus is not new to the state or the country. It is a road that has been traveled before and lingers to be frequented again, writes Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas.

Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who has a proven and successful record of fighting to raise incomes for hardworking Americans and ensuring more good-paying jobs come to Texas, writes Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.