Tag: Opinion

Why ‘Net Zero’ Is Not a Rational US Energy Policy

Commentary Despite Germany’s last-ditch attempt at realism, the European Union recently approved a 2035 ban on gas-powered cars, moving ahead with its “net zero” emissions agenda. In the United States, the cost of achieving net-zero carbon emissions would be staggering—$50 trillion if the goal is reached by 2050—as would the demand for raw materials, which in most cases would exceed…


The Manipulation of the Public Mind

Commentary In the world of Business Analysis there is a discipline called Process Modelling. Its output would be familiar to most people, consisting of diagrams to show how a business process, like say fulfilling an order, is supposed to work. As a discipline it strives for clarity and simplicity, through a complex syntax and method,…


With Dissent Now Criminalized, Free Speech Faces a Big Chill

Commentary Americans’ right to think and speak freely has for years been under heavy assault. The propagators of political correctness slowly but surely chipped away at open discourse, pressuring dissenters from prevailing ruling class orthodoxy to speak in euphemism and self-censor lest they be branded uncouth if not bigoted. Apparently not content with the results…


Society at Peak Shared Misery

Commentary Once upon a time I worked for the federal government as a postdoctoral researcher at a CDC branch that focuses on occupational safety and health. While I was there, I learned firsthand that the government operated at a level that was grossly inefficient and mind-numbingly bureaucratic. The longer I was there and the more…


Communist China’s Police Stations in America Are Focused State Terrorism

Commentary At a New York City press briefing held April 17, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace nailed the core national security issue at stake in The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Police Stations in America Fiasco: “This prosecution reveals the Chinese government’s flagrant violation of our nation’s sovereignty by establishing a secret police station in the middle…


Biden Admin’s Open Borders Bringing Diseases to Your Neighborhood

Commentary Ready for another pandemic? New York City’s health commissioner announced last week that the influx of migrants from the southern border—more than 50,000 to New York City alone in the past year—is delivering contagious diseases, including tuberculosis and polio, to our neighborhoods. The same disease threats are also endangering other migrant destinations, including California,…


Tim Scott and American Exceptionalism

Commentary Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has announced the formation of an exploratory committee for his candidacy for president. You may have noticed that Scott is black. We may ask, in this woke age of ours, the extent to which this matters in his candidacy. I think it does matter, which requires some…


How Many Deaths Will It Take Before Biden Forcefully Addresses the Fentanyl Crisis?

Commentary PENN HILLS, Pennsylvania—When the Penn Hills police and paramedics arrived at the modest suburban Pittsburgh home in the 8100 block of Chaske Street on Jan. 14, they found the father of 7-month-old Zhuri Bogle desperately performing CPR on his infant daughter. It was 6:44 a.m., and with the exception of a few flurries swirling…


Prepare for Full-Blown Recession to Hit in the Summer

Commentary My private theory is that we never really left the recession that began March 2020 with lockdowns. Real household income and labor participation still haven’t recovered. Productivity has crawled along but within the range of statistical error. No question that the U.S. economy has downshifted. Whatever pathetic growth we experience now barely registers as…


The Winning Price for the Coalition’s Voice

Commentary The Price is Right was a popular TV show capturing the attention and following of many Australian viewers. Opposition leader Peter Dutton correctly believes that in today’s political world, his Price is also right, and in turn, will attract the following of many Australian electors for the Coalition and against “The Voice.” Senator Jacinta…