It’s a simple thing to say NO! to ever-bigger government. But it’s always surprising when a state government announces its leather cowboy “boots are made for walking” and warns the federal government: “Don’t tread on me!” So Three Stars to the Lone Star state for a great letter to theContinue Reading
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in Lancashire in Merry Old England, in the tiny village of “Eccles” (which means “church”), there lived a very, very good baker. This baker created a current-filled pastry to be served on religious feast days. So rich and delicious, these EcclesContinue Reading
It’s dead. The big, bad climate change bill is dead! That’s the good news. The bad news? Go to thomas.gov and search by the phrase “climate change.” There are over 200 bills introduced on the subject. And even this big, bad climate change bill could rise from the dead inContinue Reading
“Old Media” neglected to report in May on the thousand people who travelled from all over the world to Chicago to hear 72 speakers from 23 countries at the Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change. Big story. Virtually zero coverage. So here are some very interesting reports on theContinue Reading
While government mandates have us all tied up in knots and going broke, few have examined how international agreements, treaties, contribute to this problem. So let’s look a bit closer at treaties. Let’s follow the carbon trail from the United Nations (UN) conference on climate change held in Copenhagen, DenmarkContinue Reading
In the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history, oil continues to spill into the waters of the Gulf from the BP drill site. It’s not the first such spill and won’t be the last. Oil is the source of all the synthetic clothing promoted as an “alternative” for real fur,Continue Reading
A few years ago, the red camellias and the white fruitless pear tree bloome at the same time. Together, they made the most amazing arrangement — but I didn’t take a picture and so the memory now exists only in my mind. After that, I promised myself to make anContinue Reading
We’ve all made oatmeal cookies that taste like hockey pucks. And then we’ve tasted dream oatmeal cookies, ones that are chewy and full of flavor. Well, one day, in 2010, I screwed up the recipe off the Quaker Oats container and made a perfect batch of oatmeal cookies. Soft andContinue Reading
Just in time for tax day, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has published Ten Thousand Commandments by economist Wayne Crews. Ten Thousand Commandments tells us that the Code of Federal Regulations is now over 157,000 pages long. In 2009, 3,503 new rules went into effect — that’s a new regulation everyContinue Reading
If you’re engaged in food and fiber production, you’ll want to watch PeTA’s vegan VP, Bruce Friedrich, debate a member of the BYU debate team, Bruce Daniels, on the topic: “Should Mormans eat meat?” Friedrich argued that compassionate, moral Mormans who want to reduce waste, cruelty, environmental devastation, and hungerContinue Reading