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Amazon Shutters Book Depository
Opinion -In the latest of its cost-cutting moves, Amazon has announced the closing of its global on-line bookstore, the Book Depository. effective April 26th. The announcement continues a trend of cost-cutting in the tech sector. -
Are Public Employee Unions Unconstitutional?
Opinion -Clearly, the PEUs are by their nature, political. In fact, the National Education Association spent twice as much on politics in 2021 as it did on representing its members – $66 million compared to $32 million, according to the union’s LM2. -
In LA, Unions Are Winning at The Expense of Kids
Opinion -As we have seen time and again, the students aren’t exactly a priority for the teachers’ unions. -
Old Refineries Incapable of Manufacturing Enough Light Hydrocarbons to Electrify The World
Opinion -The future does not bode well as 20 percent of the 700 worldwide aging refineries are projected to close in the next 5 years that will result in less manufacturing with the loss of 140 sites to meet the ever growing demands. -
Still Not Good Enough
Opinion -Brown clouds in Denver, Los Angeles and many other cities were legendary when EPA developed the first air quality standards in 1970. Today the brown clouds are rare and intermittent, largely because of automobile improvements. -
Legalized Climate Grifting
Opinion -The greatest scammers in Hollywood movies are all pikers compared to the Climate Armageddon grifters like Bill Gates, Al Gore, Elon Musk, and Biden Climate Envoy John Kerry. -
Randi Weingarten Makes a Bunch of Ridiculous and Easily Refutable Claims
Opinion -Earlier this month, Weingarten penned “Kids Do Better In Schools With Teachers Unions,” an opinion piece for the Daily Beast, in which she claims to make “a factual case” for all the good that teachers’ unions do for children. For starters, citing work by some leftwing think tankers, she asserts that teachers unions are associated with higher student achievement, especially for Hispanic and black children. Wrong! -
The Six Words That Created America’s Internet Injustice System
Opinion -How could our constitution-premised country, that has prioritized, cherished, and established justice from its creation, two centuries later unwittingly create, justify, and sustain the exact opposite -- a universal anti-constitution Internet injustice system for the 21st century? -
Social Security Insolvency
Opinion -Social Security has been long viewed as untouchable in American politics. An aging population seemingly only further entrenches this. Yet cuts may be coming if Democrats and Republicans do not act today. -
Greens Refuse to Discuss Recycling Renewables and Restoring Mining Locations to Pristine Condition
Opinion -The reality is that all the mineral products and metals needed to make wind turbines, solar panels, and EV batteries are mined and processed in places like Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Bolivia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly under Chinese control. Decommissioning and restoration of those mining landscapes back to their original pristine condition is not in the cards in developing countries. Recycling of worn-out turbine blades, solar panels, and EV batteries, in wealthy countries is also not in the cards. -
A Simple Reason Why Net Zero Is Impossible
Opinion -It is simply impossible to provide enough energy storage to make renewables reliable. The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) must develop Reliability Standards to ensure that the reckless growth of renewables does not destabilize the grid. -
The College Debt Relief Swindle
Opinion -As colleges go woke, dumb down curricula, and raise tuition fees, Pickpocket-in-Chief Joe Biden wants you to foot the bill. -
How Many Times Must We Do This?
Opinion -Twenty-three states have now sued the EPA over its so-called “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, because once again, the agency is asserting federal authority over water not covered under the law. The lawsuit says the rule “goes beyond the power Congress delegated in the Clean Water Act, raises serious constitutional concerns, and runs roughshod over the Administrative Procedure Act.” This is eerily familiar -
Covid, Climate Change – and The Globalists’™ Theft
Opinion -The Globalists™ definitely think things are going their way. Mostly because they are. As their successes become larger and more frequent - so too do their grabs for ever more power and domination. They can’t be blamed. Success - breeds confidence. And we keep letting them do - whatever they want. -
How to Separate Fact from Fiction
Opinion -The State of New Jersey recently enacted a law that requires K–12 students to learn “information literacy.” Stated plainly, this is the skills to determine what’s true and what’s not. The law is allegedly the first of its kind in the nation. The sentiment behind the legislation is admirable, but the law itself is vague and gives the NJ Department of Education broad authority to create these standards. Given the track record of the U.S. education establishment, this could be an epic mistake. -
American Suppression of Fossil Fuels Courts a National Security Disaster
Opinion -President Biden has been campaigning for years for the elimination of fossil fuels. But ridding the world of oil, without a replacement in mind, would be immoral and evil, as extreme shortages of the products manufactured from fossil fuels will result in billions of fatalities from diseases, malnutrition, and weather-related deaths. -
DEIfication
Opinion -DEI has gone national. The belief that quality takes a backseat to racial bean counting wormed its way into the White House in February, when President Biden signed an executive order that promises to create a national “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” bureaucracy. -
Time to Bite the Bullet Again
Opinion -Few of us would have a guessed that anesthesia would be the next target of climate activists. -
Are We Better Off Now Than Before Section 230? If Not Repeal It
Opinion -Are America, Americans, and minors better off now than before Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act? In today’s trying times, it’s a fair and necessary question to ask.