jmcpherrin
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Zombies That Can Never Be Killed
Opinion -Nowadays, the Congressional Budget Office issues annual reports on “expired and expiring authorizations,” and the number and scope of such programs – now called “zombie programs” – is stunning. -
Bogus Myths Created to Promote Renewables
Opinion -So-called renewable energy is only intermittently generated electricity from renewables, as wind turbines and solar panels cannot make any products or fuels for the various transportation industries. -
Retooling Schooling
Opinion -We must change the way we pay teachers and get back to traditional reading methods. -
Paying For What Ought To Be Free
Opinion -Environmental groups and universities are already working to mitigate climate change and reduce fossil fuels. So, we’re paying some to do what they were doing anyway, and paying others not to do what they weren’t doing anyway. -
Small Modular Reactors Will Benefit Developing Economies
Opinion -Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) hold the potential to revolutionize the clean electricity landscape by providing scalable and flexible solutions across both the developed and the developing world. -
The Left’s Cognitive Dissonance on Taxes and Regulations
Opinion -There are only a vanishingly few instances where Big Government advocates are honest about the awful policies upon which they insist. -
Mine, Baby, Mine – Right Here in the USA!
Opinion -President Trump's termination of climate, wind and solar programs will benefit wild, scenic and agricultural lands all across Planet Earth — and America's mineral-rich public lands can be explored with minimal impacts on the ecological values we all cherish. -
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Controlling Ways to Generate Electricity Through Subsidies Is a Terrible Plan for the Planet
Opinion -While billions of people in many parts of the world, such as India, China, Egypt, and many countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas must burn cow dung as fuel, the few in the wealthy countries believe they can control climate change through subsidies. -
Teaching History and Racism
Opinion -As long as the Prussian education system has special privileges, it can continue to distort the teaching of history and promote racism. -
A review of A City Cannot Be a Work of Art by Sanford Ikeda, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
Opinion -At the mid-20th Century, Jane Jacobs stood almost alone as a critic of urban planning. Instead of seeing cities as elegant, or as “works of art,” she saw cities as diverse. -
The Energy Literacy Revolution: How Ronald Stein is Instigating Smarter Conversations
Opinion -Through his weekly op-eds and public speaking engagements, Ronald continues to challenge assumptions, provoke discussions, and advocate for energy policies that balance sustainability with practicality. -
How Many Border Guards Do We Need?
Opinion -The rule of law is among America’s most important founding principles. But militarizing almost every government agency is not necessary to maintain order. -
A Simple Way to Save the Grid from More Wind and Solar
Opinion -The President says he would like to stop new wind power development from wrecking America’s electric power grid. There is a simple and sensible way to do this that stops solar as well. -
California Governor Newsom Has Positioned the State to Be a National Security Risk for the Entire USA
Opinion -In his nearly six years in office, Governor Newsom has aggressively moved to shut down oil production in California. Statewide production has fallen by more than one-third under his watch. -
Is the DOE DOA?
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education is on the ropes, and it should be ended, not mended. -
Let’s Use What We Already Have
Opinion -If leaders want to dominate the global AI industry, they ought to build data centers where that infrastructure already exists. -
Energy Literacy: Understanding Crude Oil’s Vital Role
Opinion -Today, American policymakers setting “green” policies are oblivious to the reality that electricity came after the discovery of crude oil, and everything that needs electricity is made with the products made from oil derivatives. -
The National Assessment of Educational Regress
Opinion -American children scored poorly, yet again, on the latest nationwide test; school choice is a way to right our sinking ship. -
Null and Void?
Opinion -If President Biden didn’t comprehend what he was doing, are his laws, orders and regs valid? -
Shovel, Baby, Shovel
Opinion -At least four first-day executive orders were about re-starting domestic energy production, especially one entitled, “Unleashing American energy.” That executive order also includes a less-reported provision called Section 9, related not to oil and gas drilling, but to mining. -
Mounting Disobedience In Our Schools
Opinion -School discipline is declining, and the education establishment is clueless about how to improve things. -
Trump Truth Bombs ‘Green’ Energy (Five EOs)
Opinion -On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed five wide-ranging executive orders that radically change United States energy and climate policy. -
Planet Earth’s Natural Resources Are Limited to Its 8 Billion Residents
Opinion -Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources at alarming rates, and they are NOT being replenished.