I owe a debt of gratitude to the anti-skeptic environmental attack website DeSmogBlog. As regular readers of this blog may recall, DeSmogBlog is the website that, in its rush to attack those of us who are not losing sleep over ... READ MORE
Jack Kelly's op-ed on the Ann Coulter CPAC controversy is worth a look, as he takes on not just Ann Coulter, but her many enablers on the right. I agree with what he wrote. I did several radio interviews after ... READ MORE
Senior Fellow Tom Borelli believes: "by allowing social activists to influence business decisions, CEOs are choosing socialism over capitalism and by doing so; they are undermining the very foundations of our free society." Tom is particularly critical of GE's Jeff ... READ MORE
Washington, D.C. - Legislation advancing through in the U.S. Senate to regulate so-called mental health parity will instead simply make health insurance more expensive or mental health benefits less available. "This is a surefire way to wreak more havoc on ... READ MORE
Hundreds of angry climate change protesters have demonstrated at government meetings in New Zealand recently. As New Zealand's Dominion Post describes it: It is plain many of the hundreds who have turned up are not interested in the proposals. Instead, ... READ MORE
From David Hogberg: On Sunday, voters in Switzerland will go to the polls to decide the future of their health care system. The measure, put on the ballot by the political left (of course), would establish a single health insurer ... READ MORE
With the Europeans and carbon reduction, it's always the planning; never the doing. The European governments have adopted an even more stringent global warming agreement than the Kyoto Treaty, even as the EU fails to meet its Kyoto targets. It's ... READ MORE
A report from Peyton Knight: After much debate and unresolved conflict, Rep. Frank Wolf's (R-VA) Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act squeaked through the House Resources Committee on a mostly party-line voice vote Wednesday. It was the Democrats ... READ MORE
Is this appropriate? In my view, elected officials should not be naming federal buildings after each other, as it could lead to legislators trading favors to get their names on tax-funded structures. The public interest is not served when legislators ... READ MORE
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Frank Wolf's (R-VA) controversial Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act is scheduled for a vote in the House Resources Committee today. This is virtually the same legislation that failed to move in the ... READ MORE
