During the early 1990s, soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, I was among the first Americans to visit Russian space organizations and facilities. On one of those numerous trips, I was invited to a private dinner at the home of a senior professor of the Moscow Aviation Institute, a leading university for training…
Paul Driessen
The biofuel crony capitalist revolving door
Yet another congressional aide is about to pass through Washington’s infamous revolving door to a lucrative private sector position. Kurt Kovarik, legislative director for Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), will become vice president of federal affairs for the National Biodiesel Board. To grow and prosper, this industry relies on subsidies and mandates that require steadily increasing…
Featured Posts, Gary Wickert
What’s Wrong with a BorderWall?
The border wall is one of many triggers for the Left, and I don’t understand why. It would cost our country $21.6 billion dollars and take around 3.5 years to build. Ronald Reagan famously said that, “A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.” Thirty-five years later, amidst a heated debate over…
Featured Posts, M.D. Kittle
In John Doe’s Shadow: Showdown Looms In Bitter Battle Over Bureaucrats’ Jobs
MADISON – Things are heating up in John Doe Land’s Capitol cooker in advance of a looming Senate confirmation vote on the embattled administrators of the Ethics and Elections commissions. Tensions have hit new levels in the wake of Attorney General Brad Schimel’s report last month on the illegal leaks of John Doe investigation documents…
Featured Posts, Paul Driessen
A little slice of Alaskan tundra is finally open for drilling
Tax bill provision opens ANWR, to bring more oil online and keep Alaska pipeline operatingWay back in 1980, Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, establishing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and making numerous other land use decisions for our 49th state. Section 1002 of the act postponed a decision on managing ANWR’s…
Featured Posts, Tim Ball, Tom Harris
Global warming: Fake news from the start
President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change because it is a bad deal for America. He could have made the decision simply because the science is false. However, most of the American and global public have been brainwashed into believing the science is correct (and…