Opinion
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Heartland Institute Releases Anti-ESG Scores for 2024 Presidential Candidates
Opinion -Press Release -It is not an exaggeration to say that ESG represents one of the greatest threats to individual freedoms, democratic institutions, and macroeconomic stability facing us today. -
Christopher Columbus and Hurricanes in the Atlantic
Opinion -Records like the ones kept by Columbus and his fellow voyagers are now indispensable for meteorologists who depend on them to piece together part of the picture of weather history. Sailors kept great records, which is how they knew to plot their courses and the timing of their departure from safe harbor so that they avoided being in hurricane hot zones during the peak of the season. -
Mutual Assured Destruction: Then and Now
Opinion -The doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction worked during the Cold War, just as Neumann supposed it world, because both sides were rational. But, can we be so confident today? -
The Climate Change-Industrial Complex Is an Existential Threat
Opinion -Before it is too late, those of us who will pay the ultimate price, both in a degraded standard of living and a less free and open society, must push back against the climate change-industrial complex. For if we do not, we may, as Ike warned, let “public policy … itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.” -
The Electric Grid Needs Good Failure Mode Analysis
Opinion -Everyone talks about blackouts, but I have not seen a detailed analysis of the various ways these might occur. -
Climate Change and Political Responsibility
Opinion -Mismanagement of forests in California and Canada has contributed to fires. Neglect of levees left New Orleans vulnerable to Katrina. -
The ‘Green Pope’ Is Dead Wrong, Again, on Climate Change
Opinion -Put simply, Pope Francis is completely wrong regarding all things concerning climate change. However, I can’t help but wonder if he is being used as a pawn by those who benefit from touting the climate change lie, seeing as how he is the leader of one of the most influential religious institutions the world over. Maybe climate change and religion, which are both based on belief, have more in common than we thought. -
Video: Global Food Production vs. ‘Climate Catastrophe’ – Climate Change Roundtable #82
Opinion -Despite a modest warming over the past century, agricultural yields continue to grow, setting several new record highs in the past decade. -
The Real Subject of the Budget Debate Is the Uniparty
Opinion -Regardless of the ultimate outcome of this political battle over the budget, the shutdown conflict is undermining the foundations of the uniparty because a small group of Republicans has finally decided to act as reformers instead of conservatives. -
Superfund Cleanups Descend into Uncertainty
Opinion -Sound public policy should encourage companies to step forward, begin the cleanup process and later recoup costs they have incurred beyond their fair share. Government should find ways to save Superfund money for situations where responsible parties cannot be located or no longer exist. -
Video: What Will it Take to Destroy the Climate Narrative? – In The Tank #418
Opinion -We are told constantly by the media, politicians, and now even the Pope that we must change our lifestyle in an effort to combat climate change. Yet, most people don't care. -
Everything About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Unconstitutional
Opinion -Perhaps the worst portion of Dodd-Frank - was the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is perhaps the most massive of the Dodd-Frank regulatory impositions on the banking sector. Oh - and the CFPB is totally unconstitutional because it purports to be an “independent agency.” -
The Supreme Court Must Terminate Big Tech Tyranny
Opinion -In today’s day and age, Big Tech social media companies such as Facebook and YouTube are similar to yesteryear’s telephone companies like Ma Bell, and should come under the same rules. -
The Year in Teacher Union Double Dealing
Opinion -The unions and their leaders are more agenda-driven, anti-parent, and hypocritical than ever. -
The Dangerous Delusion of a Global Transition to ‘Just Electricity’
Opinion -World leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil that made society achieve so much in a few centuries. -
Video: Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure – Climate Change Roundtable #81
Opinion -This week we look at green energy, and a book showing how it will likely fail in the near future. -
Climate Change Weekly #484: Climate Change and Texas’ Electric Power Problems
Opinion -Summers are hot in Texas, but some summers are hotter than others, and this was one of them. It does not mean humans are to blame. -
Proposition HH Is Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing for Colorado Taxpayers Bill of Rights
Opinion -Overall, any substantial benefits to the taxpayers in the form of property tax reductions would be overshadowed by long-term tax increases. As a good rule of thumb, if any liberal politician is pushing for “tax reform” it would inevitably take money out of taxpayers’ wallets. Proposition HH is, in fact, a wolf in sheep’s clothing for the rights the Colorado taxpayers have exercised since the implementation of TABOR. -
Under Biden, America Is Becoming a Police State
Opinion -Regrettably, at least for those of us who seek to maintain the values of separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and the like, the Biden administration has run roughshod over these sacrosanct constitutional principles. -
Video: What Happens If Trump Wins? – In The Tank #417
Opinion -What would happen to America if Donald Trump wins in November of 2024? -
Biden Administration Is Killing Whales and Covering it Up
Opinion -Between December, 2022 and May of this year, 60 large whales, including one right whale, washed up dead on the beaches of NY, NJ, and VA. -
School Kids Experience Long Covid
Opinion -The damage done by the lockdowns has been devastating, but with the arrival of a new Covid variant, what comes next? -
Biden’s Gun Violence Prevention Office Fails to Address Root Cause of Problem
Opinion -While it is true that gun violence is ravaging communities across the country, particularly urban communities, it is naïve to believe that yet another federal government bureaucracy will solve this complicated problem. -
The AI Revolution Is Bad News for Net Zero
Opinion -Total data center power requirements will increase by at least a factor of six and maybe by as much as 10 times by 2029. Greenhouse gas emissions from AI data centers will increase by similar amount.
