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Research & Commentary: Universal ESA Would Be a Game-Changer for Virginia Families
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Virginia House of Delegates would establish the Virginia Education Success Account Program, an education savings account (ESA) program open to all public-school students in the commonwealth. These accounts would cover tuition and fees for eligible children at private and parochial schools, as well as educational therapies, transportation costs, textbooks, supplemental course materials, […] -
Climate Change Weekly #459: Remembering Jay Lehr – Scholar, Truth Seeker, Friend, Eternal Optimist
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -With his workload, it is hard to fathom how Jay found time to pursue so many extracurricular passions, but he did. -
Where’s the Electricity?
Opinion -Today, the huge dark cloud over EV projected sales, is the availability of electricity to charge batteries which leads us to the quote for the foreseeable future, Where’s the electricity? -
Public Opinion Concerning the Long-term Future
Opinion -It wasn’t so long ago that Americans were confident about the future. But, a variety of indicators point to catatonic pessimism today. -
Life, Liberty, Property #2: Are Investors Smarter Than the Fed?
Opinion -In the past few days, we’ve been hearing that financial markets show investors are regaining confidence in the economy. Are you? I'm not. -
X-Rated Ed
Opinion -Going back to 2004, a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Education revealed that nearly 9.6% of students are victims of sexual abuse by school personnel, and these are just the reported cases. -
Coal is Still King – Elsewhere
Opinion -A December report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms that worldwide use of coal hit an all-time high in 2022, following a huge increase in 2021, and is on track to increase further in 2023. -
Climate Change Weekly #458: Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -IN THIS ISSUE: Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” So begins Elizabeth Barret Browning’s famous Sonnet 43. What does that have to do with climate change, you ask? Browning’s poem has parallels to our understanding of the myriad physical mechanisms that drive climate change. “What […] -
Jay Lehr, R.I.P.
Opinion -A giant of man, a brave scientist, and a dear friend passed away suddenly on Tuesday. -
The Dysfunctional State Of California
Opinion -Many Californians realize that the state’s leadership is a disaster and are leaving…en masse. -
Can Anyone Manage the Federal Estate?
Opinion -No genius could possibly understand the nuances of all 154 national forests, or 18,000 grazing permits. -
The Silly Giant Scale of US Offshore Wind Development
Opinion -Rushing to build a big bunch of incredibly expensive giant wind arrays that are far bigger than anything built in the world to date is bad engineering and worse environmental policy. -
Vital Energy Lessons for Virginia and America
Opinion -You don’t want to get caught in your EV during a hurricane evacuation or blizzard, especially since already limited battery life decreases in cold weather and with heater or AC use. -
Paul Ehrlich Predicts Imminent End of the World, Collapse of Civilization, Mass Starvation and Extinction
Opinion -Why has Ehrlich always been spectacularly wrong? Paul Ehrlich has never been right about anything in his entire life. As he is now 90 years old, that’s saying something. On this year’s opening “60 Minutes” show, Ehrlich remains confident in the imminent end of the world, collapse of civilization, mass starvation, industrial pollution, climate change, […] -
The Hydrocarbon Elephant in the Room California Governor Gavin Newsom Refuses to Address
Opinion -Today’s dangerous emphasis on wind and solar power for intermittent electricity is creating a lack of products in the future. -
YouTube Pulls Down Heartland Institute’s Channel Just Before Live-stream with Climate Scientist Judith Curry
Opinion -It is hard to believe this was just a coincidence -- that the algorithm just happened to get around to catching this supposed violation by us -- and it's just our awful luck that it happened mere minutes before we were going live with Dr. Curry. -
The Education Battlefield
Opinion -As the new year begins, the education freedom wars show no sign of abating. -
Climate Change Weekly #457: Coalition Provides 2022 Climate Fact Check
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate alarmists and their media allies once again made a slew of claims about natural disasters being caused by man-made emissions in 2022. And once again, these claims clashed with reality and science. -
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores A Basic Primer
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores are the chief mechanism by which a cabal of ideologically aligned influential interests working through unelected supranational organizations are attempting to “reset” the global financial system to their advantage. -
The FTX Collapse
Opinion -I will assume that FTX was basically a scam, based on a statement by the court appointed supervisor, John Ray, who has supervised numerous bankruptcies including Enron: “Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy information." -
Ron DeSantis Battles The Teachers Union
Opinion -Let’s hope Governor DeSantis succeeds with his plan to remove the government as the teachers unions’ bagman -
College Carnage
Opinion -The nation’s colleges and the students who attend them are in deep trouble. The well-documented woes that plague our government-run k-12 schools are now infecting our colleges. Students are arriving at universities woefully unprepared with the skills that are needed to tackle the rigors of upper-level education. Of late, the downward k-12 spiral is a […] -
Big Tech’s Fake ‘Green Energy’ PR Push – To Paper Over Their Obnoxiousness
Opinion -Big Tech’s fake “green” PR push – is the tip of their world domination ice berg. Below the surface – are their massive bureaucrat political donations and post-government gigs and salaries. Let us begin this exercise with: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is NOT a pollutant. The modern Zeitgeist’s stupidity notwithstanding. The Latest from Seton Motley is […] -
CFPB Shouldn’t Exist. It Should Stop Expanding Its Oversight-Free Power
Opinion -This massive economic destruction – to the massive benefit of the Big Banks – ain’t a bug of DC’s policies. It’s a feature. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an unconstitutional nightmare mess. We have been saying so for a while now…. CFPB Is Unconstitutional – Can We At Least Have Congress Provide Some […]
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