The virtue signaling myth of ‘green’ energy

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February 14, 2025

The virtue signaling myth of ‘green’ energy

What’s green about Congolese children mining in Africa for rare earth minerals? What’s green about China’s coal-fired factories churning out solar panels? What’s green about wind turbines that scar landscapes, slaughter birds, and rely even more on critical minerals from China? The answer is simple: nothing. President Donald Trump’s reentry into the White House will unlock affordable and reliable energy avenues, all while bulldozing the previous administration’s faulty […]

Trump is cutting spending through DOGE. Here’s how to make those cuts permanent

The promise to cut spending and restore accountability in the federal government is usually dismissed as an unreachable political platitude. But the early returns on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are promising, and they should call on Congress to make the cuts permanent. DOGE is poised to disrupt a complacent […]

End the Department of Education

The education of the young is among the highest duties of a free people. It is a task that belongs first to the student and his family, then to the school and to the community. Millions of Americans have long understood this truth. The founders provided generously for education, not by central decree, but by […]

Ending the lawfare era: What can Pam Bondi do?

Pam Bondi has her work cut out for her. She is leading a Department of Justice in which only two in 10 people currently have high confidence. Many believe the department has been over-politicized for the last four years, and they are right to be upset. For example, the DOJ targeted the fundraising practices of Elon Musk, the Trump […]

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