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Anti-fracking chaos in Colorado

Insane “eco” proposition would all but shut down oil production – and set bad national precedent By David Wojick, PhD The anti-fracking folks are trying a clever new strategy in Colorado. Instead of banning fracking, they just make it impossible. In fact, they make nearly all oil and gas development and production impossible – which…

Socialists Could Learn Self- Sufficiency From the Pilgrims

Pilgrims began in England as Puritan Separatists, Christians so dissatisfied with the Church of England that they decided to separate from it. A group of about 100 fled to Holland, but finding that homeland less ideal than they had wished, plus fearing that a European war was on the horizon, many voted to go to…

What next for U.S. climate and energy policies?

2018 elections bring mixed messages and require climate and renewable energy reality checkThe “Blue Wave” never really reached shore, the U.S. Senate is still in Republican hands, the House of Representatives flipped to Democratic control, Trump era deregulation and fossil fuel production efforts continue, several governorships and state houses went from red to blue –…

WILL Stands Ready to Fight

At WILL, we don’t do electoral politics. We don’t advocate for or against candidates. We talk policy and not politicians. But we understand that elections affect the environment in which that conversation takes place. And we know that things changed on Tuesday. In Wisconsin, we now face an executive that will be hostile to the…

Anti-Semitism & the Left

A common thread in left-wing politics is egalitarianism. Across the West today, liberal and socialist parties and activists fight for various progressive causes, from anti-racism to increased welfare to gay rights. One of the oldest forms of prejudice, however, one with deep roots in European history, remains embedded in the political left. Anti-Semitism has not…