Opinion
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Products, Fuel, and Electricity Are the Real Climate Challenges for the Future
Opinion -Editorial -To feed, shelter, move, educate, and power civilization, humanity acquires and uses 100 billion tons of earth’s natural resources annually. -
Trump Is Breaking Communist China’s Chokehold on Rare Earth Elements
Opinion -Editorial -You’d be crazy to buy a car based solely on its shiny exterior, dazzling instruments, and gorgeous leather interior – but without examining the engine or taking a test drive. -
Grading by Administrators or How to Pass Failing Students When Pressuring Faculty Fails
Opinion -Editorial -State universities provide great examples of using human creativity under socialism/fascism (state-run or state-controlled systems). It is not used for productive goals. Instead, it is used by bureaucrats to achieve their own goals. -
Green Delusionists Attending COP30 Are Clueless
Opinion -Editorial -The Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place November 10 to 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil with an expected attendance of 70,000 people. -
The United States Is Broke. Americans May Not Care – But the World Does
Opinion -Editorial -The Republicans want to continue spending at currently ridiculous levels. The Democrats want to spend even more than that. -
Life, Liberty, Property #122: WSJ Article Finds Sanity in Trump’s Economic Policies
Opinion -Editorial -It is interesting that The Wall Street Journal published a very fair and sophisticated analysis of Trump’s economic policies last week. -
International Trade, Free Markets, and Killer Whales
Opinion -Editorial -That’s where his analysis gets interesting and “novel.” Linking whale populations to shipping noise requires finding a place where shipping noise has increased significantly, where killer whales also thrive, and where that whale population can be documented before and after the shipping increased. -
Climate Change Weekly # 560—Study: Net Zero Wind and Solar Buildout Needs Huge Amount of Land
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Some Fantastical Beliefs People Have About the USSR
Opinion -Editorial -Falsehoods about the USSR are just examples of the falsehoods this system spreads. -
Why does the world insanely ignore nuclear power?
Opinion -Editorial -There is a lot of talk about nuclear power around the world today. However, except for China and, maybe, Russia, there is no action. -
Life, Liberty, Property #121: Government Shutdowns and Political Polarization
Opinion -Editorial -The ongoing government shutdown, now in day 20, lays bare the increasingly acute political polarization of the United States. -
Climate Change Weekly # 559 — Research Continues to Undermine Unusual, Catastrophic Nature of Present Climate Change
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
The Sandstorm: Book Ban Baloney Lives On
Opinion -Editorial -The “banned books” lie is still being spread. -
Yes Virginia, David can slay Goliath
Opinion -Editorial -Electricity is a utility, not a substance. -
Climate Cult Fantasy and Duplicity Precede COP30
Opinion -Editorial -Cheeky claims about causes and solutions for an illusory climate crisis must be challenged. -
Life, Liberty, Property #120: Trump Versus Antifa
Opinion -Editorial -Less than a month after declaring Antifa a domestic terror organization, President Donald Trump told the press he intends to designate the group as a foreign terror organization. -
Climate Change Weekly # 558 — Climate at a Glance Redux! New Book Puts the Science Back in Climate Science
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Together, power plants and greenhouses can feed humanity
Opinion -Editorial -Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centers are coming, and so are the natural gas power plants that will be required to provide continuous, uninterruptible electricity to power many of these facilities. These power plants can operate at well over 90% energy efficiency today. -
‘Consumers Are Collapsing….Broke….17% Are Putting Groceries on (Layaway)’
Opinion -Editorial -So US consumers have yet another hyper-interest-inflated debt to throw on the pile. -
The Sandstorm: Righting Wrongdoing In Our Schools
Opinion -Editorial -From personal experience, I can say that the worst part of teaching is when you can’t do your job because students misbehave—hitting each other, talking to a classmate, being disrespectful, and so on. -
New ‘Climate at a Glance’ Book Challenges ‘Climate Crisis’ Narrative with Hard Data
Opinion -Press Release -Second edition of Climate at a Glance, published by The Heartland Institute, provides public with Facts on 40 Climate Topics -
Life, Liberty, Property #119: Trump’s Academic Gambit
Opinion -Editorial -The Trump administration announced on Wednesday a proposed agreement with American universities to implement campus policy reforms in exchange for preferential treatment in the distribution of federal funding. -
Climate Change Weekly # 557 — EPA Is Right to Rescind Its Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. Here’s Why.
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Feds Need Different Approach to Colorado River
Opinion -Editorial -This month’s withdrawal of President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) provides an opportunity, not just for a new nominee but for a new approach to the whole Colorado River management mess.