Despite Congress' periodic hauling of weak-kneed oil executives before their committees to charge them with collusion and price-gouging, subsequent federal investigations turn up no evidence to support the charges. Right now oil company executives are getting a bit of...
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Dumb or Ill-informed About Energy Problems
Environmentalists come to their senses when non-drilling philosophy costs them something. It’s two-faced hypocrisy.
The Real Culprit of Our Gasoline Woes: Environmentalists
Every year the price of gasoline rises as refiners switch over to producing "summer" blends of gasoline and every year virtually everyone blames oil companies for the sky rocketing price. However, virtually everyone is dead wrong. Environmentalists are responsible....
Investigate Bad Congress, Not Big Oil: How The American Government’s Anti-Capitalist Policies Increase Gas Prices
With gasoline prices exceeding $4 a gallon in some states, politicians are responding as usual: Blame Big Oil First. Several prominent senators have once again summoned industry leaders to Capitol Hill, subjecting them to yet another barrage of rhetorical questions,...
In Search of Villains for Rising Food and Oil Prices
In searching for villains for rising food and oil prices, some commentators have turned to speculators, namely people trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and similar exchanges around the world. A sample of the claims: "Biofuels and droughts can't fully explain...
Before and After Hurricane Katrina: How Government Makes Disasters More Disastrous
In a free market–without tax-paid levees, government disaster relief, or subsidized insurance–anyone who contemplates building or buying property in a high-hazard area will need to face hard facts about the local history of natural disasters, the efficacy and cost of preventive measures, and the availability of insurance.
Global Smearing Courtesy of ABC “News”
Apparently the activists have decided that since they can’t destroy the facts, they’ll instead try to destroy anyone who dares mention them.
On April 22, Celebrate Exploit-the-Earth Day
Because Earth Day is intended to further the cause of environmentalism--and because environmentalism is an anti-human ideology--on April 22, those who care about human life should not celebrate Earth Day; they should celebrate Exploit-the-Earth Day. As I wrote for The...
The Real Meaning of Earth Hour
Earth Hour presents the disturbing spectacle of people celebrating those lights going out.
“Net Neutrality”: Destroyer of Internet Freedom
Advocates of "net neutrality" are apoplectic amid reports that ISP Comcast slowed down file-sharing programs on its network. The FCC is threatening action against Comcast, while advocates of a new net-neutrality law sponsored by Congressman Edward Markey are taking...
The Nature of Environmentalism
The reasons why advocates of human flourishing should never describe themselves as environmentalists,
A Word to Environmentalists
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
Environmentalism is Recycled Communism and Nazism
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
Scientist Exposes IPPC as “Fundamentally Corrupt”
An energy-rationing bill has been introduced to address "global warming." The "Climate Security Act" would impose caps on how much carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions can be allowed and would institute an elaborate program to "trade" allowances among the industries and...
It Isn’t Easy Being Green
Environmentalists are criticizing “buying green,” because at root they are against buying anything.
It’s Time to Silence Silent Spring
The root of the opposition to DDT is not science but the environmentalist moral premise that it is wrong for man to “tamper” with nature.
Rachel Carson’s Genocide
The root of the opposition to DDT is not science but the environmentalist moral premise that it is wrong for man to “tamper” with nature.
Environmentalist Philosophy in Practice
Such a life of impoverishment is a life that the environmentalists who are striving to bring it about certainly deserve to achieve—but just for themselves, not for anyone else.
“For the Environment”
Tell them that the planet exists for you, not you for the planet, and that you intend to use it for your benefit.
It’s About Energy, Not Climate
“Conservation” as a source of energy is a contradiction in terms.
Global Warming: Environmentalism’s Threat of Hell on Earth
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
Global Warming Is Not a Threat But the Environmentalist Response to It Is
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
Valentine Bouquets: Bad For The Planet?
It is only from the vantage point of someone who has a home and endless supply of food that you could actually even conceive of “enjoying” nature.
It Could Happen Tomorrow: Fearmongering from the Weather Channel
Political commentator Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) warned that "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." The...
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