Opinion
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Combatting Classroom Chaos
Opinion -Restoring order to America’s classrooms requires reversing years of misguided federal policies that focused on racial quotas and therapeutic interventions. -
It’s Hot Weather, But Not Man-Made
Opinion -This week the United States experienced the first major heat wave of 2025. Over 160 million people in the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast experienced temperatures approaching 100oF. Many in the media claim that the soaring temperatures are due to human-caused global warming. But a look at history shows that such high temperatures have been experienced many times in the past. -
Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles
Opinion -The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) has an ongoing research program on detecting and deterring the killing of eagles and other flying critters by wind turbines. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issues eagle killing permits to wind facilities, which are supposed to incorporate technologies that minimize deaths. -
Federal ‘School Choice’ Program Irks Left and Right
Opinion -A national “school choice” program in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” was signed into law on Independence Day by President Donald Trump, drawing both applause and concerns from conservatives. Language protecting religious liberty and seeking to restrain government control of private schools was stripped from the legislation before passage. Supporters argued that the program, even though […] -
The Culture War Goes to Court
Opinion -While parents have every right to be happy with the SCOTUS rulings, the decisions come with a major caveat. No matter what the Court rules, teachers can teach whatever they want once the school day starts and the classroom door closes. As a former teacher, I know this all too well. -
Reducing Unfair Discrimination: Statism vs. Free-Market Capitalism
Opinion -“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 Economic Imperative for Nuclear Power
Opinion -This article examines the economic rationale behind the adoption of nuclear power for electricity, with a focus on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies as catalysts for industrial and economic growth, providing a lifeline out of poverty and instability. -
Supreme Court Nips NEPA – A Good Start
Opinion -County Commissioners there had challenged the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the 88-mile rail line, proposed by seven Utah counties as a vital transportation connection from the oil-rich region to the national rail network. -
From Cloned Sheep to Wooly Mammoths
Opinion -For years there has been speculation about recreating the wooly mammoth, for example, because there are frozen carcasses to work with. -
The Trump Administration Advocates for Nuclear Power.
Opinion -Affordable and reliable electricity from nuclear power sources is a necessity to ensure future balanced economic growth that is a lifeline out of poverty, and security for citizens around the world. -
Freedom and Nationalism
Opinion -America was the first nation founded on idea, and that idea was freedom. -
Life, Liberty, Property #108: Supreme Court Affirms Constitutional Limit on Courts’ Authority
Opinion -Within a flurry of highly consequential and groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Friday’s ruling in Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Casa, Inc., et al. stands out as a truly historic event. -
Climate Change Weekly # 548 — Recent Headlines Prove Wind, Solar Still Aren’t Ready for Prime Time
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Life, Liberty, Property #107: Eminent Domain Case Tests Our Understanding of Federalism
Opinion -A New Jersey township’s plan to use eminent domain to seize a 175-year-old family farm has caught the Trump administration’s attention. It is an important case with critical implications about the purpose and conduct of government. -
Climate Change Weekly # 547 — Polar Ice Is Not Following the Climate Crisis Narrative
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
The Milgram Experiments: Distressing Evidence of Human Nature or the Effectiveness of the Prussian Education System?
Opinion -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 -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 -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 -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. -
Life, Liberty, Property #106: Inflation Report Belies Tariff-Inflation Predictions
Opinion -The consensus prediction about President Donald Trump’s massive program of tariffs was that it would cause rapid and highly damaging price inflation. The Wall Street Journal was prominent in conveying those claims, and the Federal Reserve (Fed), the U.S. central bank, concurred, forecasting that the tariffs would cause inflation. -
University Abuse of Taxpayers Must End
Opinion -There is no constitutional principle that requires the government to provide funding to any private schools. -
Life, Liberty, Property #105: The Political Tide Against a Fiscal Rescue
Opinion -Last week I noted that even the U.S. economy, the best in the world, cannot support the current and upcoming federal debt. Here I explain the dismal political reasons why a reversal is so unlikely. -
The Uglier side of Electric Vehicles: disposing of the EV batteries
Opinion -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 -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 […]
