
Early on in my introductory economics course I warn my students always to beware of various logical fallacies, none of which is more prone to sow confusion than the fallacy of composition. This fallacy is committed whenever…
For a hot minute in 2022 and 2023, MMT or Modern Monetary Theory rose to prominence in the lexicon of the mainstream media reporting on monetary policy and inflation. If you recall talk about a trillion-dollar coin, that was…
America has a mineral security problem. The materials and resources that power essential and next-generation technologies increasingly come from abroad. Our supply chains – formed in the post-Cold War period of free trade…
Greta Thunberg, once the darling of the climate change movement, has revealed herself as virulently anti-Israel, which should make her a pariah in any legitimate social or political cause. Since the October 2023 Hamas…
As artificial intelligence, data centers, and electric vehicles drive unprecedented electricity demand, our aging transmission infrastructure struggles to keep pace. At the center of this crisis lies an obscure but powerful…
A bad idea is emerging in the “renewables” world, namely that projects can buy their way out of destroying natural habitats. The wind and solar projects still destroy the natural habitats they are built on but they fund a…
In 2017, I met the CEO of a major German manufacturing company. The CEO was envious of the U.S. and its position as an energy powerhouse. Our development of oil and gas had made energy so abundant and affordable that he was…
We dodged an economic bullet aimed at your car’s gas tank. As Congress recently considered the 1,500+ page continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, there was a sneaky provision tucked away in the bill designed to…
In despair I bowed my head;‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said;‘For hate is strong,And mocks the songOf peace on earth, good-will to men!’ Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:‘God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!The…
Today’s so-called nuclear waste is only slightly used nuclear fuel, as only about 3% of its potential has been realized before it is classified as “waste.” Thus, we are burying fuel which still has 97% of its potential for…
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