It may not be obvious while lying in the sun on a hot summer’s day, but a considerable amount of heat is also coming from below you – emanating from deep within the Earth. This heat is equivalent to more than three times the total power consumption of the entire world and drives important geological…
Featured Posts, Paul Driessen
Biofuel justifications are illusory
It’s time to really cut, cut, cut ethanol and other renewable fuel mandates – maybe to zero The closest thing to earthly eternal life, President Ronald Reagan used to say, is a government program. Those who benefit from a program actively and vocally defend it, often giving millions in campaign cash to politicians who help…
Evan Sayet
He Fights
My Leftist friends (as well as many ardent #NeverTrumpers) constantly ask me if I’m not bothered by Donald Trump’s lack of decorum. They ask if I don’t think his tweets are “beneath the dignity of the office.” Here’s my answer: We Right-thinking people have tried dignity. There could not have been a man of more…
Featured Blog, Randel K. Johnson
Republicans, Democrats, & Independents Agree: Lawmakers Must Fund Cost Sharing Reductions
If the administration chooses to stop making cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments, we know what will happen: the costs of coverage will soar. The impact on premiums has been well documented by the Congressional Budget Office and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Now, we also know how registered voters feel about it. A recent poll demonstrates…
Riley J. Hood
Robots Don’t Vote
“Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.” Proverbs 25:5 The drive to remove the human element out of manufacturing has been in existence for over 70 years. It is called automation. Blue collar workers are going obsolete, but not at a catastrophic rate, but gradually, because…
Featured Blog, Sean Hackbarth
Iowa Ag Producers Offer a Lesson Going into NAFTA Negotiations
With a pork processing plant under construction, residents of Eagle Grove, IA, see first-hand the jobs and economic growth trade can bring to a community, Politico reports: The plant represents an opportunity not many Midwest towns the size of Eagle Grove are afforded given today’s economic realities. [Mayor Sandy] McGrath said the plant will bring…