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Robert Inks was the night news editor at the Tribune from 2015 to 2018. Before joining the Tribune, Robert copy edited for several newspapers in and outside Texas. He also was a writer and editor for online global affairs website Stratfor and a project manager for newspaper publisher GateHouse Media. Robert is an Austin native and a UT-Austin graduate.
We have much to learn in Texas from Pope Francis' guidance, particularly around education, health care and immigration, writes Sister Bernadine Reyes, Prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas. Full Story
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Focusing on the gubernatorial race at the expense of the grass roots won't be the path of rebirth for Texas Democrats, writes former Texas GOP Executive Director Wayne Thorburn. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz should not take his victory in the Iowa caucuses to mean anything more than a one-delegate advantage over billionaire Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, writes St. Edward's University associate professor Brian W. Smith. Full Story
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Now that Donald Trump is a leading presidential candidate, the age where we scoff at people for "ad hominem" arguments appears to be over, writes public school librarian Sara Stevenson. Full Story
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The ideal presidential candidate has God at the core of their life and the Constitution at the center of their philosophy of government, and that candidate is not Donald Trump, writes former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Full Story
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Having heard and seen Bernie Tiede's testimony in the killing of Marjorie Nugent, filmmaker Richard Linklater writes that he looked for a steely killer — but instead found a good man who had done a bad thing. Full Story
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We have become a nation with a powerful, centralized government, which was never our founders’ intent, writes state Rep. Paul Workman, R-Austin. Full Story
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A tumultuous legislative session and the start of the 2016 presidential election cycle got Texans talking this year about everything from politics to pot. Here are six of the most-read columns featured on TribTalk in 2015. Full Story
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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution makes clear that Texas has an obligation to make sure all children who are born in this state have a birth certificate issued shortly after birth — even those of undocumented immigrants — writes lawyer Jim George. Full Story
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Texas politicians will go great lengths to make a necessary, legal, and constitutionally protected medical procedure nearly impossible to access in our state, writes Marva Sadler, director of clinical services at Whole Woman's Health. Full Story
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