jmcpherrin
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No, Governor Inslee: Repeal of Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act Won’t Hurt the Climate
Opinion -Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) faces the possibility of repeal this fall. Governor Jay Inslee and others claim the CCA will reduce pollution and help stop climate change. But the CCA isn’t having the slightest effect on the climate, while it is boosting the cost of living for Washington residents. Washington’s Climate Commitment Act […] -
Kamala Harris Is More Radical on Her Energy Policies than Joe Biden
Opinion -Kamala Harris is oblivious to humanity’s addiction to oil as she is to these two basic facts: In a world Kamala wants to be dominated by wind turbines and solar panels, to generate occasional electricity whenever the wind blows or the sun shines, there will be nothing to “electrify” as there will be nothing that needs electricity. […] -
Virginia’s Risk of Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Failure Is Serious
Opinion -On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in the giant offshore wind facility being built off Virginia. The warning builds on the recent blade failure off of Nantucket, which has littered the beaches with fiberglass fragments. Virginia is also […] -
Do the Rich Pay Enough Taxes?
Opinion -Whether the rich pay their fair share of taxes remains contentious. Regardless of your position on this, accurate numbers on the rich’s current tax burden should inform this discussion. I will consider percentages of Federal individual income tax revenue from Tax Foundation analysis of IRS data. These numbers are sometimes inaccurately described as of all […] -
Not Persuaded by a Million-Mile Car
Opinion -Atlantic writer Mateo Wong gushes about “a group of people in a red Tesla driving through the Moroccan desert,” when one exclaims, “Two million, Hans!” Apparently, the 2014 Model S became the first electric car to drive 2 million kilometers, or 1.24 million miles. It turns out that to achieve that milestone, the car needed […] -
Energy Policies of Biden and Newsom Are the Real Existential Threat to Billions
Opinion -As a refresher for Biden’s and Newsom’s passion for pursuing net-zero emissions, wind and solar do different things than crude oil. Crude oil is virtually never used to generate electricity, but when manufactured into petrochemicals, it is the basis for virtually all the products in our materialistic society that did not exist before the 1800s. These […] -
Offshore Wind Whale Deaths Indicated by Statistical Analysis
Opinion -Systematic statistical analysis indicates that offshore wind development has likely been killing lots of whales since it began around 2016. This long-standing conjecture that wind kills whales may be confirmed. Call it forensic statistical epidemiology. The epidemic is the huge number of Northwest Atlantic whale deaths that were first officially observed by NOAA in 2016-17, […] -
New Study Proves What We Already Know
Opinion -Most people are happier on weekends. We know that because a government study proved it. Without such studies, you may not know that people drive poorly when talking on a cellphone, or that the elderly cherish happy memories more than sad ones. A Journal of Neurology study found that mixing drinking and drugs is worse […] -
Why Are American Taxpayers Forced to Subsidize and Support the Prussian Education System?
Opinion -In the 19th century, the United States started adopting the Prussian education system that covers primary school to university education. It is a government-supported and government-controlled system of education. While some alternative education systems are not forbidden, they face unfair competition from the Prussian education system as its institutions are either partially or fully financed […] -
You Don’t Own What You Think You Own
Opinion -Any system that requires the people to sacrifice their property to support the financial institutions that built this mess in the first place is not a system worth saving. -
Accounting for Mail-In Ballot Fraud on Both Sides, the 2020 Election Was a Toss-Up
Opinion -It is highly possible that former President Donald Trump may have actually beaten President Biden when accounting for mail-in ballot fraud on both sides. -
What the World Really Needs
Opinion -There is an old Henny Youngman joke, borrowed more recently by P.J. O’Rourke, that says, “What this country really needs is fewer people who know what this country really needs.” -
New Poll Finds Rampant Mail-in Voting Fraud in the 2020 Election
Opinion -Using a conservative estimate, it appears likely that more than 14 million ballots cast in 2020 were fraudulent. -
Anti-ESG Report Card: 2024 Presidential Candidates
Opinion -In an attempt to secure vast amounts of wealth and influence over society, corporations, bankers, and investors, working closely with key government officials, have launched a unified effort to impose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards on most of the industrialized global economy. (ESG standards are also often referred to as “sustainable investment” or “stakeholder […] -
Trump Indicted for Citing Data From Ph.D.-Vetted Study to Challenge Election Fraud
Opinion -In brief, a D.C.-based grand jury indicted Trump in part for citing a factual study instead of claims from people the jury deems to be reliable. -
DC Hasn’t Yet Spent a Penny for the CHIPS Act
Opinion -A year has now passed since President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act. -
Without a Replacement, Abandoning Fossil Fuels Supports China
Opinion -Autocratic China is the biggest beneficiary of all from the Western strategy of jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, i.e., abandoning fossil fuels before the West has identified a replacement for crude oil, to provide the products and fuels now demanded by its populace. -
Childish Beliefs Drive Lethal Energy and Agricultural Agendas
Opinion -Biden and environmentalist policies would destroy agriculture, habitats, products and nutrition. -
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Green Energy—The Greatest Wealth Transfer to the Rich in History
Opinion -We are in the midst of history’s greatest wealth transfer. Government subsidized support for wind systems, solar arrays, and electric vehicles overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy members of society and rich nations. -
Second City Shambles
Opinion -The numbers are jaw-dropping. In 30 Chicago public schools, not a single student can read at grade level. In total, just 20% of third- through eighth-graders in the Windy City are proficient in reading and only 15% are proficient in math. -
Biden’s FCC Is One Senate Vote Away from Being as Crazy as Biden’s FTC
Opinion -Much ink has been spilled about Lina Khan’s attempts to remake federal antitrust law as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Less has been said about her disregard for the rule of law and due process and the way senior FTC officials enable her. -
Krugman’s Accounting of the National Debt is Jailworthy
Opinion -The national debt has risen at a blistering pace over recent decades and is now higher than any era of the nation’s history—even when adjusted for inflation, population growth, and economic growth (GDP). -
Whale Hell Looms in Massachusetts
Opinion -The potential damage to whales and other marine mammals is clearly huge, based on the official NOAA Fisheries impact authorization estimates. It is hard to see how this hell can be allowed under present laws, such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
