Economic Development
Who is guarding the (dictatorial) guards?
Regulators mete out fines and stymie growth, but are rarely punished for their own misconduct Paul Driessen Several years ago, Wells Fargo Bank discovered that employees had boosted sales, by opening some 2 million deposit and credit card accounts without customer knowledge or authorization. Over the next few years, the bank fired more than 5,000 employees […]
The Experiment: Capitalism versus Socialism
What if we could have an experiment to compare the two systems? Wait – we already did. David R. Legates Experimentation is a major tool in the scientist’s arsenal. We can put the same strain of bacteria into two Petri dishes, for example, and compare the relative effects of two different antibiotics. What if we […]
“Toxic chromium” fear-mongering
Detecting Cr-6 droplets in Olympic-sized swimming pool doesn’t equal health or cancer risks Paul Driessen Erin Brockovich became rich and famous by promoting the notion that people in Hinkley, CA got cancer because of hexavalent chromium (Chromium-6) in drinking water. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) settled a 1993 lawsuit for $333 million, rather than risk trial by a […]
Confusion, muddle, obfuscation and racism
As Obama, UN and EPA seek to dictate our lives and livelihoods, the real issue is green racism Paul Driessen Winston Churchill called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. We could say Obama’s energy and climate policy is confusion wrapped in muddled thinking inside obfuscation – and driven by autocratic diktats that […]
Showdown at the National Academy of Sciences Corral
Steve Milloy, Dr. John Dunn & and Dr. Stan Young versus EPA – presented before the National Academy of Sciences, regarding EPA’s illegal experiments on human beings. See: http://junkscience.com/2016/08/upcoming-showdown-at-the-national-academy-of-sciences-corral/ Summary of Event EPA secretly hired the National of Sciences (NAS) to whitewash its program of illegal human experimentation. When Junk Science director Steve Milloy learned of […]
Destructive forest fires are due to – WHAT?
Climate change is all-purpose excuse for Big Green and federal misfeasance and malfeasance Paul Driessen First the Obama EPA came for coal mines, coal-fired power plants, miners, workers, investors, and all who depend on reliable, affordable electricity. Then the EPA, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and other agencies came after oil and gas drilling and […]
America blighted by industrial wind
Green gangsters rip us off while enriching the 0.1% and trashing the environment Mary Kay Barton “America is being auctioned off to the highest bidder.” – Donald J. Trump A recent Joe Mahoney article, NY looks to the wind to replace its fossil fuel diet, was full of half-truths and misinformation. There is nothing “free,” “clean” or “green” […]
Real climate denial
Potential Democratic VP nominee misrepresents Cornwall Alliance on Senate floor Megan Toombs Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) is a potential running-mate choice for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Yet he recently joined other Democratic Senators on the Senate floor to attack the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation and other Virginia-based organizations, in an […]
When will Africa get healthy and prosperous?
When will its leaders focus on vital issues affecting its people, instead of lining their pockets? Steven Lyazi Africa is still battling “transitional periods,” from slavery and colonialism, to neocolonialism and eco-imperialism. Its wars, diseases and suffering will never end until we stop having greedy leaders who only care about their families, cronies and tribal […]
Fuel me or fool me
America has centuries of fossil fuels, but hydrocarbon deniers want to strangle our future Paul Driessen Fool me once, the adage says, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The reality-based fossil fuel version states: Fuel me for 150 years, fuel me forever – or at least until creative, entrepreneurial spirits can devise reliable, […]