by Alyssa Carducci The Utah House and Senate have passed resolutions opposing the federal government designating any new national monuments in the state without the state’s consent. The resolutions, passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate, came after Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released a Department of the Interior memo identifying two sites…
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Utah Governor Herbert Signs Law Challenging Federal Lands Expansion
by Bonner R. Cohen Fed up with the federal government locking up state lands rich in economically productive natural resources, Utah governor Gary Herbert (R) has signed a bill authorizing the state to use eminent domain to seize federal lands and open them up for energy production. Feds Stifling State’s Economy The federal government already…
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Steve’s Say…
Conservatives Must Coalesce The TEA Party movement has been a highly successful movement. Since the election of Barack Hussein Obama as president in November 2008, local groups have sprung up all across Wisconsin and the entire country, protesting the high-speed plunge off the cliff of independent American exceptionalism into a socialistic society of commandand- control…
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Saving Science after Climate Gate: Recovering from the Loss of Scientific Credibility
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a three-part series. by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. Science Director, The Heartland Institute, and Mike Gemmell The Aftermath of the takeover of “Publicly” Funded Science The banning of DDT was possible due to the concentrating of political power and money into the hands of an entrenched establishment of…
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Illegal Immigration in Wisconsin
by Gary L. Wickert Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, which requires police officers, who in the course of a lawful law enforcement action come to a “reasonable suspicion” that a person is an illegal alien, to ask for a driver’s license to verify that the person is in this country legally,…
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The War Against Capitalism
by Larry Gamble It’s too easy to start this essay out with a question. In fact, the fashionable thing to do right now is question why capitalism is good or why capitalism is oppressive. But that shallow approach to such a complex issue would not yield the true meaning of capitalism and the effect on…