August 17, 2011

Salazar loses lawsuit, American energy wins

The policies of Ken Salazar, Mr. Obama's Secretary of the Department of Interior, continue to obstruct domestic oil and gas exploration and risk shutting down domestic energy production. We already know about Mr. Salazar's crippling red-tape bot...

August 15, 2011

Safety recall of 1.8 million CFL's

Philips Lighting voluntarily recalls 1.86 million CFL flood lamps. The CPSC website says these product names are involved:  "Name of Product: EnergySaver a/k/a/Marathon or Marathon Classic Compact Fluorescent Dimmable Reflector lamps."...

July 4, 2010

Obama says: Cuba Si!, Gulf Coast No!

Wall Street Journal columnist Russell Gold reports on Friday, July 2, on the pending deepwater drilling off of Cuba by Spain's Repsol YPF SA, on locations that could be as close as 60 miles from Florida. For reference, the Macondo #1 blowout is abou...

May 25, 2010

Gulf oil spill update

The State of Louisiana has a plan and the means to build temporary sand barriers to shelter its coastal islands from the drifting oil slick.  However, the Obama Administration has not responded to requests that Louisiana submitted to t...

May 22, 2010

Sealing the Gulf Blowout

Clear and informative coverage of BP's attempts to seal the blowout is available from the online version of the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper, also known as NOLA.com.Read about the flotilla of ships working at the site here.A graphic of the 45...

May 8, 2010

Cinco de Mayo and US Help to Mexico

I went out for Mexican food with my coworkers on May 5. We used the "holiday" as an excuse to leave our brown bag sandwiches in the office fridge and get out for a while. We asked ourselves, "What is Cinco de Mayo about, anyway?"I...

December 27, 2009

November 2010: Too little, too late

If conservatives wait until November 2010 we will be: Too little, too late. This is why: The nominations and primary races are shaping up right now. We must nominate conservatives for the November 2010 vote, right now. Deadli...

November 26, 2009

The Pilgrims, Famine, and the End of Feudalism

" ... it well appeared the famine must still ensue ..." [i]Famine stalked the Pilgrims through the first years. But their conquest of famine helped end old-world feudalism.I suggest the reader access the Project Gutenberg online editio...

September 16, 2009

Voyage of the Mayflower

While the story of the Pilgrims is retold often so that it is mostly taken for granted, it behooves us to appreciate the tremendous risks of their solo voyage, and the resulting great rewards Americans enjoy to this day.The Pilgrims set sail for the ...