If the majority distributes among itself the things of a minority, it is evident that it will destroy the city. –AristotleIt’s been a long campaign, and we’re tired. Yet, American voters have a significant decision to make and would be well-advised to remember a bit of history on November 4. The stock market crash of…
Larry Bell
GE Seeks ‘Greener’ Pastures in Coal
General Electric, one of the world’s largest suppliers of electrical power plant equipment, is all fired up about large markets for new coal-fired generation in India and China as America’s shut down. This may seem quite a turnaround for a company which has been characterized by the National Center for Public Policy Research as “the…
Paul Driessen
Fracturing common sense
Colorado extremists want to ban fracking, oil, gas, jobs, revenues, property rights Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has given the USA and world centuries of new petroleum supplies, lowered energy prices for manufacturers, motorists and consumers, and altered geopolitics for the Middle East, Russia and Venezuela. New natural gas supplies provide low-cost petrochemical feed…
Marita Noon
From fracking to flatulence: the all-out assault on methane
What is the “biggest unfinished business for the Obama administration?” According to a report from Bill McKibben, the outspoken climate alarmist who calls for all fossil fuels to be kept in the ground, it is “to establish tight rules on methane emissions”–emissions that he blames on the “rapid spread of fracking.” McKibben calls methane emissions…
Chris Millis
MILLIS: Confused by all the renewable energy studies? Trust your common sense
Studies can confuse, especially when organizations with competing interests produce seemingly contradictory results with regard to the policies they advocate. Take the battle to mandate and to improve tax benefits for the production of renewable energy, such as wind, solar and biofuels. In 2009 a Beacon Hill Institute study published by the freemarket John Locke…
General
WILL Policy Brief: Biased Questions, Biased Answers
Getting beyond the rhetoric and talking points on school financing August 29, 2016 – Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has released a policy brief, authored by Dr. Will Flanders, that objectively explains the recent debate over K-12 public school funding, spurred by Legislative Fiscal Bureau memos. WILL Education Research Director,…