After the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, we should seriously consider replacing the CDC with an agency focused exclusively on infectious diseases.
Dennis Avery, coauthor of Unstoppable Global Warming – Every 1,500 Years, has died.
The US Department of Justice has issued a wish list of reform laws aimed directly at the big Internet media giants.
- EconomicsFeatured
Fifty Years of Statist Policies and Economic Fallacies
by Richard EbelingJune 24, 2020Despite the constant failures of Keynesian economics and statist policies, people still haven’t realized that free-market economics is the way forward.
- EconomicsFeatured
Unfortunately, We Can’t Decouple From Communist China by Friday
by Seton MotleyJune 24, 2020The American economy is too dependent upon China to quickly reverse course.
Using Covid-19 as an excuse, the teachers union wants you to “invest” more in education; historical data put things into perspective, however.
One of the continuing and burning issues in America today is determining how we view ourselves and how we view others, including in matters of race.
Dennis was a much admired and beloved by his countless colleagues and friends around the world. He will be sorely missed.
- Environment/Energy
Greens Promote Child Slave Labor and Ecological Destruction
by Paul DriessenJune 22, 2020Why don’t African black lives and ecological values matter?
- Environment/Energy
EPA Finally Considering Looking at Benefits and Costs of Rulemaking Processes
by Ronald SteinJune 22, 2020Cheap expressions of sympathy and solidarity to inner-city residents from the affluent are negated with imposition of unbearable costs for the energy to survive.
Sports across the world are beginning restarts. Is this worth the risk?
- Environment/Energy
California Department of Conservation Has Opportunity to Plan for Environmental Oversight Without Damaging the Economy
by Ronald SteinJune 18, 2020Before fossil fuels and the thousands of products made from petroleum derivatives, and electricity that followed, the world was a zero-sum snake pit that was a war against one another scrounging for food, water, and shelter.
- FeaturedGovernment
Thomas Sowell at 90: Understanding Race Relations Around the World
by Richard EbelingJune 17, 2020The issue of race relations in America has reached a new high pitch with the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, followed by mass peaceful demonstrations and instances of violence, looting, and arson in cities around the country.
The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ignited nationwide protests.While we advise jurors to withhold judgment until presentation of all the evidence, video of the incident seems definitive.
It’s time to reopen the economy. Society has a hold on COVID-19.
- Internet/Telecom
Big Tech or ISPs: Who Collects and Monetizes Your Online Data (Much) More?
by Seton MotleyJune 15, 2020The coin of the Internet realm – is your digital data. Everything you do is tracked and monetized.
The World Health Organization this week showed once again why the motto on its official seal should be, Aperto Ore, Pede Inserta, or in English: Open Mouth, Insert Foot.
- Environment/Energy
California Continues to Inflict More Costs Onto the Energy Used by Residents
by Ronald SteinJune 12, 2020Until the voters say enough-is-enough, the infliction of more costs by our elected officials and environmentalists onto the suppliers, that are paid by the users, will continue into perpetuity.