Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has declared he won’t vote for Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, potentially dooming the confirmation efforts of President Joe Biden and other Senate Democrats. “Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic experts who are focused on the…
Manchin Opposes Raskin’s Fed Nomination Over Her Stance on Energy
Energy Policy in North America Focuses on Climate Change to the Neglect of Energy Security: AB Energy Minister
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage says it is high time that the Liberal government treats Alberta’s oil and gas reserves as a strategic asset, and not a liability to be phased out to the detriment of energy security. Speaking at a press conference on March 11, Savage said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put…
Energy Policy in North America Focuses on Climate Change to the Neglect of Energy Security: Alberta Energy Minister
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage says it is high time that the Liberal government treats Alberta’s oil and gas reserves as a strategic asset, and not a liability to be phased out to the detriment of energy security. Speaking at a press conference on March 11, Savage said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put…
The Green Immoralists
Commentary Thousands are dying from Russian missiles and bombs in the suburbs of Ukraine. In response, the Biden administration’s climate-change envoy, multimillionaire and private-jet-owning John Kerry, laments that Russian President Vladimir Putin might no longer remain his partner in reducing global warming. “You’re going to lose people’s focus,” Kerry frets. “You’re going to lose big-country…
The Cost of the Russian War Keeps Rising
Commentary From the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. stock market, which has been “stumbling since the beginning of the year,” writes the New York Times, is down “10.3 percent from its most recent peak on Jan. 3,” and the cost of gas is rising rapidly. Near record high oil prices—it briefly topped $130 per…
This Invasion Is Brought to You by… Western Environmentalists
Commentary For more than 40 years, the environmentalist movement has been warning that global warming is the result of mankind’s burning of fossil fuels and poses an “existential threat” to human and other biological life. This is one of the many grandiose lies the Left uses to reshape, if not destroy, Western civilization. Other grandiose…
Book Review: ‘The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of 21st Century Fascism’
Not since the book “1984” have I read a book with such powerful warnings against the dangers of a totalitarian society—“The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of 21st Century Fascism” by Glenn Beck and co-written by Justin Haskins. While Beck is clearly against fascism and wants to end its rise, I believe that…
Australia Given Dire Warning of Climate Change While Fears of Alarmism Grow
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned Australians they will need to brace for an increase in hot days, heatwaves, bushfires, droughts, sea-level rise, ocean warming, ocean acidification, and other extreme events, while others fear the conclusion is alarmist, irresponsible, and misleading. Part two of IPCC’s sixth assessment report (pdf) predicted…
The Biden Administration’s ERISA Work-Around
Commentary Rising inflation threatens the value of Americans’ retirement savings. Now the Biden administration is finalizing a rule to loosen safeguards under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) that protect private retirement savings. The new rule, “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights,” stems from President Biden’s May 20,…
A Misguided Green Fed Mandate
Commentary In August 2021, a group of lawmakers including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y), and Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.), issued a public statement to President Biden, “As news of the possible reappointment of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell circulates, we urge President Biden to reimagine a Federal Reserve focused…
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