WASHINGTON – For conservatives on college campuses, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed these days.

Polls show young voters leaning even more strongly liberal, and Barack Obama has gained rock-star status among college students.

On behalf of the Young Conservatives of Texas, we send our condolences to Tony Snow’s family and friends.  He was a great man, courageous, kind and charismatic.

I’ve never heard of a Press Secretary with as much spirit as he had.

We’ll miss you, Tony Snow.

Conservatives in Texas often talk about how wasteful our government school system can be, yet we rarely find a gem as perfectly flawed as two stories that appeared recently in the Houston Chronicle. On May 1, the Chronicle breathlessly reported “Spring Branch ISD facing insolvency” – you can almost hear the exclamation points. A month and a half later, the paper glowingly reported “Spring Branch ISD; Free summer camp focused on France.” A free French summer camp, while facing insolvency?

Hopefully you remember last summer I broke this story on my personal blog when I did a little phone interview with the National Council on La Raza.

Everyone have a safe and happy holiday!