Editorial
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Reducing Unfair Discrimination: Statism vs. Free-Market Capitalism
Opinion -Editorial -“Man is an unoriginal animal,” says Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s “Cards on the Table.” This human tendency to keep doing essentially the same thing may be one reason why we still use government laws and regulations to deal with unfair discrimination regardless of the evidence that they are better at creating rather than eliminating […] -
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. -
University Abuse of Taxpayers Must End
Opinion -Editorial -There is no constitutional principle that requires the government to provide funding to any private schools. -
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 […] -
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. -
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. -
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! -
Who Do Those Congressmen Think They Are?
Opinion -Editorial -The Congressional Review Act process is nothing more than Congress reasserting its authority to make laws. Vastly unpopular Energy Department rules banning gas water heaters, and imposing stringent appliance requirements, for example, have been overturned through this process, along with four regulations at the Interior Department, five at Labor, and three at EPA. -
California’s Doom Loop Is in Full Swing
Opinion -Editorial -The mountains are majestic, the seashore is splendid, but Golden State politics are pathetic. -
Small Businesses Stopped Hiring and Started Closing DECADES Ago
Opinion -Editorial -This is DC and Wall Street joining forces to wage war on Main Street. For decades. -
Intermittent electricity from renewables cannot support AI and data centers
Opinion -Editorial -The growing demand for continuous and uninterruptible electricity is being compounded by the growth of AI and data centers, which are humongous power consumers. -
A Holiday Climate Potpourri
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #456 -
Losing A Generation
Opinion -Editorial -School-related cultural upheaval is taking a serious toll on children. -
The Most Selfish Generation
Opinion -Editorial -The ultimate failure of young adults today is that they have lost the willingness, if not the ability, to perpetuate American life through the most fundamental of all human responsibilities, reproducing itself to provide for future generations. -
A Pandemic Amnesty?
Opinion -Editorial -Acting in a world of ignorance and discovery inevitably produces decisions later appearing cringeworthy. Mistakes made in ignorance are forgivable only if experts acknowledge their ignorance and learn humility. -
Today’s Economic Challenges Exacerbated by Ponzi Schemes
Opinion -Editorial -Like the national debt Ponzi, the shortages of the products, fuels, pesticides, and fertilizers MANUFACTURED from fossil fuels will also contribute to shortages and further inflation in perpetuity. -
COP 27 Will End Up as FLOP 27
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #455 -
Citizens of the Same World
Opinion -Editorial -Politicians are sanctimoniously exporting America’s environmental problems to other countries. Then, they claim to be “solving” a global problem, when all they are really doing is kneecapping their own economy.