Opinion
-
Freedom and Nationalism
Opinion -America was the first nation founded on idea, and that idea was freedom. -
Life, Liberty, Property #108: Supreme Court Affirms Constitutional Limit on Courts’ Authority
Opinion -Within a flurry of highly consequential and groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Friday’s ruling in Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Casa, Inc., et al. stands out as a truly historic event. -
Climate Change Weekly # 548 — Recent Headlines Prove Wind, Solar Still Aren’t Ready for Prime Time
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Life, Liberty, Property #107: Eminent Domain Case Tests Our Understanding of Federalism
Opinion -A New Jersey township’s plan to use eminent domain to seize a 175-year-old family farm has caught the Trump administration’s attention. It is an important case with critical implications about the purpose and conduct of government. -
Climate Change Weekly # 547 — Polar Ice Is Not Following the Climate Crisis Narrative
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
The Milgram Experiments: Distressing Evidence of Human Nature or the Effectiveness of the Prussian Education System?
Opinion -Editorial -The harm done by the Prussian academic system, which we still use today, goes far beyond the poor academic results we see in schools. -
Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Legislation Is Advancing
Opinion -Editorial -ECCA would provide financial assistance to families in all 50 states that have incomes less than three times their “area’s median income.” -
Spain’s impossible dream of ‘green’ electricity
Opinion -Editorial -They’ve erected over 22,000 gigantic windmills, to harness the wind and generate electricity. Portugal has nearly 3,000. Together, when conditions are perfect, they can generate almost 38 gigawatts. -
The greatest oxymoron statement of all time: ‘Renewable Energy’
Opinion -Editorial -To date, none of the wind and solar projects around the world have ever been financed with private capital, as there is no return on such investments. -
Life, Liberty, Property #106: Inflation Report Belies Tariff-Inflation Predictions
Opinion -The consensus prediction about President Donald Trump’s massive program of tariffs was that it would cause rapid and highly damaging price inflation. The Wall Street Journal was prominent in conveying those claims, and the Federal Reserve (Fed), the U.S. central bank, concurred, forecasting that the tariffs would cause inflation. -
University Abuse of Taxpayers Must End
Opinion -Editorial -There is no constitutional principle that requires the government to provide funding to any private schools. -
Life, Liberty, Property #105: The Political Tide Against a Fiscal Rescue
Opinion -Last week I noted that even the U.S. economy, the best in the world, cannot support the current and upcoming federal debt. Here I explain the dismal political reasons why a reversal is so unlikely. -
The Uglier side of Electric Vehicles: disposing of the EV batteries
Opinion -Editorial -Lithium-ion batteries have become a growing concern following wildfires, particularly in California, due to the increasing sales of hybrid and electric cars. It is well publicized that California will require 35% of new vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2026, and all new vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, However, the State lawmakers totally avoid any discussions about the uglier side of electric vehicles – how to dispose of the batteries from old or burned-out EVs. -
Tariffs and Domestic Taxes: Which Are More Harmful?
Opinion -Editorial -It seems strange that some people who do not want to cut government spending and do not complain about high domestic taxes are very excited about tariffs and predict horrible things happening if tariffs remain in place. Tariffs are just one kind of tax. Yes, tariffs can lead to some inefficiencies when we start producing […] -
Peer Review of Academic Articles: Gold Standard or Paper Money Standard?
Opinion -Editorial -The first time I heard that the current method used to accept scientific article submissions to academic journals—the peer review of academic articles—was the gold standard to ensure the quality of academic research, the statement sounded reasonable to me. It seemed that everybody agreed that peer review was the best method. However, watching poor decisions […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 546 — New Proof That Urban Heat Islands Bias Surface Temperature Measurements
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Life, Liberty, Property #104: There Is No Possible Bailout for the Federal Government
Opinion -The government long ago became extremely comfortable with the fact that the American people have always been able to bail them out. Bailouts, however, notoriously lead to further bailouts and then to bankruptcies. -
Electrical production needs to be market-driven, not government-directed
Opinion -Editorial -Government is in business with the big companies (subsidies), regulations favor monopolistic dictatorship instead of competitive prices, and the consumer is forced to “take what they can get” and “pay whatever is asked” to stay connected to the life-giving river of electricity. -
Climate Change Weekly # 545 — GAO Questions Biden’s Offshore Wind Effort, Vindicates Critics
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
A billion dollars worth of green groups join State suit to kill Trump’s no wind EO
Opinion -Editorial -Ten so-called environmental groups, including the biggest, have joined the lawsuit filed by a bunch of green States asking the Court to nullify the President’s day-one executive order putting a hold on federal approvals of wind power projects. -
Life, Liberty, Property #103: ‘Big and Beautiful’ but Not Nearly Enough of Either
Opinion -Once again, the federal government’s malignant effect on the economy is our top story. Now it’s a debate over whether to raise the debt ceiling. -
America’s Dead Ed
Opinion -Editorial -A detailed analysis of the most recent NAEP reveals the deterioration of American public schools, and not surprisingly, the teachers’ unions are a significant contributor to the decline. -
The amount of money wasted on net-zero green policies worldwide is staggering!
Opinion -Editorial -There is no “green” or “Net Zero” product or technology available anywhere in the world today that offers any form of reliable back-up for wind and solar power generation - none! -
Climate Change Weekly # 544 —Regulations May Be REINed in Soon
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.