The RTP monthly meeting on March 28th will feature Donna Holt of Campaign for Liberty. She will be speaking about UN Agenda 21, “Sustainable Development” – what it is, and what it may mean for your area. For background, go here: Sustainable Communities – A Transformation of Virginia. This month’s meeting will be at Monday, March 28 7:00 [...]
In a recent fascinating Fox news segment, the erudite host Stuart Varney interviewed Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace, the influential and once-responsible environmental group that’s become an organ of left-wing extremism. Moore quit the organization when, he said, “Greenpeace was hijacked by social and political activists.” He talked with Varney for 10 minutes about [...]
Kimberley A. Strassel, the astute columnist for the Wall Street Journal, wrote a revealing piece on Friday titled “Cap and Trade Returns From the Grave.” She points out that Obama, in his State of the Union address, made it appear that he was moving to the middle on energy and environmental policies. Her reaction: Snort. [...]
India May Settle Iran Oil Imports in Dirham, Yen, Asharq Says < Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — India may pay for its oil imports from Iran in yen or the United Arab Emirates’ dirham to avoid straining its relations with the U.S. and the European Union, Asharq al-Awsat said today, citing an Indian official. Iran, India [...]
As I write this, I’m inspired by an unusual rock that sits on the desk beside my computer. It’s unusual in two ways. One, it looks like a chunk of wood, with clear layers formed by tree rings, and in fact it’s from a petrified tropical tree. Two, the tree grew near the south pole [...]
Victor Davis Hanson, the conservative professor-farmer-writer, recently traveled around the agricultural area of California where he lives and wrote a powerful essay about what he saw and experienced. His descriptions remind me of a scene in one of the “Back to the Future” movies where America’s cities have degenerated into vast slums. He concluded that [...]
The administration in Washington and Congressional buzzards are swooping in on wings of outrage to attack and dismantle as much of the free market oil industry as they can during the present Gulf oil crisis. The demagogue central planners, Obama and company, have woken from their slumber and bungled leadership to an orgy of ginned [...]
In its statist, bureaucratic and “best and brightest” attempt to insert itself (without Congressional authority) into the climate change scare, the EPA declared in 2009 that carbon dioxide (what you exhale and plants absorb) is a danger to public health. This unprecedented power grab will result in the EPA governing – and draining wealth from [...]
Thank you to everyone who has contacted Senators Webb and Warner in support of the Murkowski resolution that would override the EPA’s attempt to backdoor Cap and Trade (tax) by circumventing the legislative process. Our sources are telling us that the resolution is getting good bipartisan support: 41 senators already, including Webb. True to form, [...]
Let’s talk about economics. In fact, let’s call this Econ 101. But I’m not an economist, so this is a layman’s view. The first part of this essay is preaching to the choir for Tea Partiers, but it’s important to the later parts, so bear with me. In order for wealth to be available for [...]