Politics

The Dangerous Delusion of a Global Transition to "Just Electricity"

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World leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil  read more »

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Russia and China Dominating the Race for Nuclear Electricity Generation

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As the USA and many world leaders continue the pursuit of “unreliable electricity”, from wind turbines and solar panels, that can only generate intermittent electricity at best from available breezes and sunshine, Russia, China, France, and Finland have emerged as the leaders in nuclear power generation  read more »

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Could a Third Party Save America?

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With the presidential race now heating up, the US faces a choice of disastrous proportions. It is shaping up to be an unpopularity contest  read more »

Los Angeles County Proposes Job Creation Ban

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Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, with 10 million residents according to the 2020 census, is proposing what could effectively ban job creation the unincorporated areas, where the County Board of Supervisors functions as a city council. More than one million people live in these areas  read more »

Mandating EVs While Discouraging Mining is a Recipe for Disaster

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“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” wrote the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This may prove no problem to the West’s climate-obsessed elites, who rail about the coming apocalypse, even while undermining the production of the very resources that would be essential if they are to have any chance to reach their cherished “net zero” utopia.  read more »

America's Blue States Are Faring Worse Under Joe Biden

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Logic may suggest that the parts of America performing well economically would be the first to back the President in office.  read more »

Indian Americans Are Finding Their Political Voice

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In a year of depressingly predictable election trends, the rise of biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy represents something of a breakthrough.  read more »

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Class, Nation, and the Future

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“Politics is really downstream from culture.” Andrew Breitbart’s assertion, echoing the ideas of the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, has become a watchword both for the Right and Left. This culture-first approach has fostered a politics  read more »

Report: How Will California Solve the Housing Crisis?

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This new report examines the housing crisis in California and strategies to create more housing at affordable price points. Below is a summary and a link to download the full report  read more »

New Jersey Challenges New York’s Cordon Fee Plan

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With federal approval of New York’s environmental assessment, most of the federal, state, and local obstacles to New York City’s cordon pricing plan — which almost everyone erroneously calls a congestion pricing plan  read more »