By Representative Dan Knodl, July 27, 2011. This year, my #1 goal as your representative in the State Assembly has been to create an economic climate that is fertile for private sector job creation in Wisconsin. This has resulted in some very difficult decisions, like reforming the way government operates and making necessary spending cuts…
Lasee's Notes
What if Gas Cost $2 a Gallon?
“I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution … taking from the federal government their power of borrowing.” Thomas Jefferson (Letter of November 26th, 1798) By Frank Lasee Think of all the things you and your family could buy if gas prices were only half of what they are. It’s…
Candidates Corner
Steitz Looking to Unseat Wirch, Leader of Fleeing 14
Interview by Steve Welcenbach Jonathan Steitz, winner of the July 19th Republican primary, has earned the honor of unseating the ringleader of the fleeing 14 Democrat Senators who held up the Wisconsin legislative process for weeks, initiating a constitutional crisis. Steinz, a native Texan born in Austin on March 18, 1974, grew up in Garland,…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
The Week That Was July 30th, 2011
Quote of the Week “It is scientists, not skeptics, who are most willing to consider explanations that conflict with their own. And far from quashing dissent, it is the scientists, not the skeptics, who do most to acknowledge gaps in their studies and point out the limitations of their data…” Editorial, Nature Magazine, Jul 28, …
Heartland Institute, Paul Driessen
What’s really killing carbon capture and storage?
Bloomberg magazine bemoans dying interest in CCS, while the boss hastens its demise. By Paul Driessen Carbon capture and storage could ensure abundant electricity from coal, while cutting the CO2 emissions “responsible for climate change.” Yet, barely two years after “a sense of determination and common cause” inspired the Obama Energy Department to launch CCS…
Gary Wickert
What Ever Happened to the Global Warming Apocalypse?
Some of you may remember several years back a fad which grew into a hoax which blossomed into a full-blown religion – known as anthropogenic global warming. It was the notion that somehow, the miniscule amount of CO2 produced by man in the atmosphere, which itself is a miniscule greenhouse gas, …