Commentary
Once upon a time, the intercom buzzed in the Oval Office.
“Mark P. Mills is here, sir,” said America’s most powerful secretary. “He’s a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute.”
Mills stepped into the Oval Office and approached the Resolute Desk. “Good morning, sir.”
The president of the United States, gently tanned after a soothing fortnight at the beach, said: “Be seated.”
“I just dissected the Inflation Reduction Act,” Mills said. “Frankly, IRA’s ‘clean energy’ provisions will make you spoil the Earth to save it.”
“I’m listening,” POTUS grumbled.
“I brought you my paper, ‘Mines, Minerals, and ‘Green’ Energy: A Reality Check.’…