Supreme Court Decision Underscores Growing Concern Over Regulatory Overreach
Given the harassment and everyday burdens that federal bureaucrats subject small businesses and families to, it seems obvious that decisions could be challenged by the basic process of judicial review.
Study Shows Fracking Good for Water Conservation
Fracking is one of those issues that gets people really riled up, and almost always, the most prominent and vocal detractors have no idea what they’re talking about. Those…
Hollywood Anti-Fracking Activists Proven Wrong
Celebrity “activists” are everywhere and they love to tell us how to live our lives. They're often oblivious to the effects of bad policy on real people, and in this…
Environmentalists and Big Oil Agree: Ethanol Mandates Have Got to Go
The Obama administration has had a rough go with their attempts to make America more “green” over the past few years.
Oregon Bureaucrats Target Wood Stoves Again
One of the fondest memories of my childhood, growing up in the idyllic countryside of Connecticut, was the crisp air of autumn days, the smell of dried leaves from the…
Washers That Don’t Wash and Dryers That Don’t Dry
We had to replace our 12-year-old washer and dryer a while back.“What a compelling lead sentence, Jon! I can’t wait to see how this cliffhanger ends!” Don’t worry, I’ll get…
EPA SWAT Team Raids Remote Alaska Community
Chicken, Alaska is a tiny community 30 miles west of the Canadian border and about 300 miles east from Fairbanks. With an official population of 7, Chicken has no electrical…
It’s Not Gridlock That is Blocking a Carbon Tax, It’s Science and Economics
This is an open letter to William D. Ruckelshaus, Lee M. Thomas, William K. Reilly and Christine Todd Whitman. You, the former directors of the EPA who were appointed by…
Bonfire of Insanity
I have great news, readers; California appears to be doing incredibly well.
“Green” Cars Aren’t as Clean as Promoted
The American government loves electric cars. President Obama dreams of having a million of them on our roads, and our government is actively promoting them. While picking winners and losers,…