As a climate and energy realist, in my heart of hearts, I dream of the day when the public recognizes climate change will not bring on an end to the world as we know it, or even a long-term net decline for human civilization. That’s what the data and the best science show, despite the […]
A firm in China that uses slave labor has a better ESG score than an American firm that pays landowners who freely sell their mineral rights. Expecting publicly traded companies to do more than simply return shareholder value — their fiduciary responsibility — is a fairly new development in Western capitalism. The idea that […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/fists-1.jpg330526Chuck Devorehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngChuck Devore2022-06-30 01:58:482022-06-28 11:54:53The ‘ESG’ Scam Rates Slave-Using Chinese Firms Higher Than Clean American Energy Producers
For the third time in the last fourteen years, the Supreme Court has strongly held that the Second Amendment “is not a second-class right,” as Justice Thomas re-affirmed for the 6-3 majority in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. This decision was released the same day that the Senate passed the bipartisan “red flag” legislation, now law, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.png00Thomas Ascikhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas Ascik2022-06-29 02:05:512022-06-29 19:14:36SCOTUS: The Second Amendment is NOT a Second Class Right
Editors’ Note: Progressives have played a coy game. As they over-regulate the energy business, denigrate the industry, have their allies in the environmental organization tie the industry up with lawsuits, and deny capital for expansion with their friends in the ESG movement; they grin like the proverbial Cheshire cat when energy costs soar far faster […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Refinery-at-night-800x534-1.jpg534800Ronald Steinhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRonald Stein2022-06-28 02:00:142022-06-26 07:28:08Energy Shortages and Inflation The New Norm as Refinery Closures Outpace Construction
In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a landmark report in which he contended that the rising number of black families headed by unmarried mothers would reduce the prospects for Blacks to rise out of poverty, in spite of that era’s landmark civil rights legislation. Moynihan was furiously denounced for his efforts. But he was proven […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.png00Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2022-06-26 02:00:182024-01-17 10:22:41Strong Families Are Worth Defending
Biden says he will request a three-month reduction in the Federal gas tax and urges states to follow as well. At one time Barak Obama called this idea a gimmick. Obama was right. Certainly, one can understand why. The increase in fuel costs is hurting everyone, including those at the bottom of the income scale […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/gaspirce.jpg339509Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2022-06-24 02:00:182022-06-22 19:24:26Why Cutting the Gas Tax is a Bad Idea
When Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the band played a tune called “The World Turned Upside Down”. We could use some of that music today. As I quietly celebrate a new national holiday called “Juneteenth”. I am grateful for the opportunity to have another chance to feel guilty about something. Another reminder that we […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/absurd.jpg369468Ken Veithttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngKen Veit2022-06-24 01:55:322022-06-22 13:51:36A World Turned Upside Down
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been playing the toady for the Chinese Communists since the pandemic was first loosed upon the world in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. He abandoned any pretense of impartiality and ran interference for his masters in Beijing when the first investigations into the origins of the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.png00Rick Moranhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRick Moran2022-06-24 01:55:282022-06-22 15:17:18WHO Chief Now Says He Believes COVID Did Leak From Wuhan Lab After an Accident in 2019
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.” — Ayn Rand What we do […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.png00John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whiteheadhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJohn W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead2022-06-23 02:00:202022-06-20 11:12:29Red Flagged Nation: Gun Confiscation Laws Put a Target on the Back of Every American
Chinese ruler Xi Jinping has staked his rule on making China larger, by annexing neighbors. Taiwan is not his only target. He needs success to assure a precedent-breaking third term as the Communist Party’s general secretary, but the Chinese people, preoccupied by a failing economy, are in no mood for their leader’s aggression. We start […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.png00Gordon Changhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngGordon Chang2022-06-22 01:55:302022-06-20 10:50:17China’s Economy Is Collapsing. Here’s Why You Should Worry
Climate Realism On The Rise?
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by H. Sterling BurnettAs a climate and energy realist, in my heart of hearts, I dream of the day when the public recognizes climate change will not bring on an end to the world as we know it, or even a long-term net decline for human civilization. That’s what the data and the best science show, despite the […]
The ‘ESG’ Scam Rates Slave-Using Chinese Firms Higher Than Clean American Energy Producers
/in Culture War, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Chuck DevoreA firm in China that uses slave labor has a better ESG score than an American firm that pays landowners who freely sell their mineral rights. Expecting publicly traded companies to do more than simply return shareholder value — their fiduciary responsibility — is a fairly new development in Western capitalism. The idea that […]
SCOTUS: The Second Amendment is NOT a Second Class Right
/in /by Thomas AscikFor the third time in the last fourteen years, the Supreme Court has strongly held that the Second Amendment “is not a second-class right,” as Justice Thomas re-affirmed for the 6-3 majority in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. This decision was released the same day that the Senate passed the bipartisan “red flag” legislation, now law, […]
Energy Shortages and Inflation The New Norm as Refinery Closures Outpace Construction
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Ronald SteinEditors’ Note: Progressives have played a coy game. As they over-regulate the energy business, denigrate the industry, have their allies in the environmental organization tie the industry up with lawsuits, and deny capital for expansion with their friends in the ESG movement; they grin like the proverbial Cheshire cat when energy costs soar far faster […]
Strong Families Are Worth Defending
/in /by Thomas C. PattersonIn 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a landmark report in which he contended that the rising number of black families headed by unmarried mothers would reduce the prospects for Blacks to rise out of poverty, in spite of that era’s landmark civil rights legislation. Moynihan was furiously denounced for his efforts. But he was proven […]
Why Cutting the Gas Tax is a Bad Idea
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelBiden says he will request a three-month reduction in the Federal gas tax and urges states to follow as well. At one time Barak Obama called this idea a gimmick. Obama was right. Certainly, one can understand why. The increase in fuel costs is hurting everyone, including those at the bottom of the income scale […]
A World Turned Upside Down
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, Satire/by Ken VeitWhen Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the band played a tune called “The World Turned Upside Down”. We could use some of that music today. As I quietly celebrate a new national holiday called “Juneteenth”. I am grateful for the opportunity to have another chance to feel guilty about something. Another reminder that we […]
WHO Chief Now Says He Believes COVID Did Leak From Wuhan Lab After an Accident in 2019
/in /by Rick MoranWorld Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been playing the toady for the Chinese Communists since the pandemic was first loosed upon the world in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. He abandoned any pretense of impartiality and ran interference for his masters in Beijing when the first investigations into the origins of the […]
Red Flagged Nation: Gun Confiscation Laws Put a Target on the Back of Every American
/in /by John W. Whitehead & Nisha WhiteheadWe are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.” — Ayn Rand What we do […]
China’s Economy Is Collapsing. Here’s Why You Should Worry
/in /by Gordon ChangChinese ruler Xi Jinping has staked his rule on making China larger, by annexing neighbors. Taiwan is not his only target. He needs success to assure a precedent-breaking third term as the Communist Party’s general secretary, but the Chinese people, preoccupied by a failing economy, are in no mood for their leader’s aggression. We start […]