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Confusion Grows Over Offshore Wind Controls
Opinion -Confusion is the price of progress. -
The Great Education Escape
Opinion -Student and teacher absences expose the failure of government-run schools; parents must step up. -
The Unproud Western Legacy of Jimmy Carter
Opinion -Carter’s admirable post-White House life, especially his Habitat for Humanity work, continually enhanced his personal reputation. But historians will nevertheless view his legacy unfavorably, especially those in the West. -
Western Offshore Wind EIS is MIA
Opinion -In summary the so-called California Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is nothing of the kind. The full Offshore Wind Program needs to be assessed for the entire West Coast before any project is approved for construction. This required assessment is Missing in Action. -
Is Government Going to the DOGE?
Opinion -A simple requirement that Congress approve any new regulations would put an end to most overreach, and the same kind of sunset requirement that Colorado and many other states impose would make many rules disappear after a certain number of years. That’s just sound government. -
Scapegoating Climate to Hide Callous Government Interference
Opinion -The Palisades and Malibu wildfires are a doubly horrific tragedy, because the death and devastation could largely have been prevented. -
America Needs to Reestablish Its World-Leading Manifestation of Nuclear-Generated Electricity
Opinion -American ingenuity advanced nuclear technology to a world-class innovation to benefit all. Interestingly, the methods used in the rest of the world are copies of the American innovations. -
The Sandstorm: New Year’s Cheers
Opinion -I recently reported on many of the dreadful happenings in the education realm as we kick off the new year, but there have also been some promising turns. -
The Sandstorm: New Year’s Jeers
Opinion -As 2025 kicks off, there is no end to the bad news in the public education sector. -
15 Questions That Will Put an End to the ‘Climate Scare’ Once-and-for-All
Opinion -To support the growth of health and prosperity worldwide for the 8 billion on this planet in the coming decades, and the increasing demand for electricity, and for the 6,000+ products in our materialistic society, and for the various transportation fuels ⏤ will challenge humanity’s creativity to support the supply chains to meet those growing […] -
Let’s Please Return DC to Regular Order and We the People
Opinion -The US government is $36+ trillion in debt. And counting…. The US government’s Social Security and Medicare are almost $200 trillion short. And counting…. -
Labor Unions and Labor Laws in the United States: The Prussian Model
Opinion -Laws should not violate the inalienable rights of Americans, whether they be employees or employers. The labor laws that force the Prussian model on the American people should be repealed. Free markets are better at protecting workers than politicians or bureaucrats. -
America Needs a Subzero Blackout Prevention Program
Opinion -Switching from coal to gas has made us vulnerable to cold weather blackouts. We need a program to address and cure this vulnerability. Action at both the State and Federal levels will be needed. New coal-fired power may be part of the answer. -
Federal Agencies Should Look in the Mirror
Opinion -A lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), filed by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has again focused attention on an agency blaming everyone but itself. -
The Constitution Does Not Grant Birthright Citizenship to the Children of Illegal Immigrants
Opinion -The legislative history of the 14th Amendment is clear that it only grants birthright citizenship to the children of people who are legally and permanently living in the United States. This does not apply to the children of illegal immigrants, temporary residents, visitors, or tourists. -
Trump Expected to Annihilate California’s ‘Green Mandates’ — the Most Radical in the World
Opinion -President-elect Trump recognizes a key fact that Newsom does not recognize, that there is no known “replacement” to fossil fuels that supports the materialistic demands of the population and economy. Thus, most “green” movements are projected to be obliterated after Trump’s January 20th inauguration. -
Time is on Colorado’s Side – No Need to Rush
Opinion -The ultimate “protection” for Colorado and the other Upper Basin states (Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico) is rigid enforcement of the existing interstate compact, which has governed distribution since 1922. -
The Sandstorm: Still Stupid In America
Opinion -America’s government-run school system is failing. -
Stop the ‘Green Hallucinationists’ Plan to Close All 200 Coal Power Plants
Opinion -America continues to subsidize the development of occasionally generated electricity from weather-dependent wind turbines and solar panels to replace coal power plants. -
Marc Andreessen on Joe Rogan: ‘CFPB…Gets to Run and Do Whatever It Wants’
Opinion -By the most conservative of estimates, there are now in the federal Leviathan at least 111 “independent agencies.” One of the most pernicious? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): “(A)n independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector." -
Trump Administration Energy and Climate Policy Initiatives
Opinion -Donald Trump and JD Vance have a mandate on energy, economic, immigration and other issues that won them 50% of popular, 58% of electoral and 82% of US county votes. -
Updates on Elections in Europe
Opinion -The democracies of Europe seem caught between Putin and the left. On the one hand, the objections of the populist-right parties to the EU and NATO policies risk encouraging Putin's aggression. On the other hand, the generally Europhillic left parties want to increase taxes and spending. -
The California Offshore Wind Environmental Impact Statement Is Full of Holes
Opinion -BOEM is taking comments on a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its five floating wind offshore leases off the California coast. -
California ‘Purifies’ Its Little Air Bubble at the Expense of Its Residents
Opinion -Driven by California Governor Gavin Newsom’s obliviousness to the reality that the so-called energy transition is only an electricity transition, the State’s 40 million residents continue to bear the expense of his so-called transition from fossil fuels.
