Kurt Schlichter, Can you feel the pulse-pounding sense of excitement that’s sweeping the nation in the wake of the sudden rise to media prominence of superwoke everywoman Chelsea Clinton? I sure can, but then I’m a conservative Republican. I totally support the Democrats making Chelsea the face of their party. Please, please, please make her
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Climate Models Fail So Often Because Climate Science Is So Incomplete
Jeff Jacoby, “DO YOU BELIEVE,” CNBC’s Joe Kernen asked Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency’s new director, in an interview last Thursday, “that it’s been proven that CO2 is the primary control knob for climate?” Replied Pruitt: “No. I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do,
American Game of Footsie with Saudi Arabia Must End
Rachel Marsden, This isn’t your granddaddy’s Saudi Arabia. For decades, America purchased Saudi oil and mostly ignored the country’s human-rights issues, including the treatment of women as second-class citizens, while the Saudi royals enjoyed the benefits of having a rich, thirsty customer who paid on time. But now, Saudi Arabia has become a liability for
Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Sweat the Big Stuff
Victor Davis Hanson, The recent Academy Awards ceremony turned into a monotony of hate. Many of the stars who mounted the stage ranted on cue about the evils of President Donald Trump. Such cheap rhetoric is easy. But first, accusers should guarantee that their own ceremony is well run. Instead, utter bedlam ruined the event,
WikiLeaks: CIA Lost Control of ‘Hacking Arsenal’ #CIA
Lucas Nolan, In a press release for their most recent data dump, whistleblowing service WikiLeaks claims that the CIA has lost control of their “hacking arsenal.” The press release states that WikiLeaks’ publication of CIA documents is the “largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency.” The data dump consists of 8,761 files and documents
Oppressive Lunacy: Higher Ed in 2017
Jack Kerwick, The Left’s Brown Shirts tighten their squeeze on thought crimes. With rare exceptions, the contemporary college campus has become a parody of itself. The one institution that is supposed to be devoted to innovative thought and the free exchange of ideas has become quite possibly more restrictive in these respects than any other.
Countering OPEC to Achieve an America First Energy Strategy
Ken Blackwell, For decades, conventional wisdom held that the United States would remain reliant on imported oil as domestic reserves were either too limited or too expensive to be accessible. Yet in the early years of this new century, a small group of American innovators tackled the shale formations in our nation’s heartland with new technology.
GIGO-based Energy and Climate Policies
Paul Driessen, Things are never quiet on the climate front. Here’s just a smattering of what’s been happening. After calling dangerous manmade climate change a hoax and vowing to withdraw the USA from the Paris agreement, President Trump has apparently removed language criticizing the Paris deal from a pending executive order initiating a rollback of