The EPA Says: “Show Me the Money!”
At the end of May, an especially pointed essay by Wall Street Journal columnist Kim Strassel examined the Deep State. Here’s a link to this important work. This entity is the government within government that is devoted to and pursues an agenda unto itself. It is the government of fiefdoms, “federal family,” and wink-and-nod actions.. read more →
The BLM Angered
In the decades following enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act, its breadth and impact became a primary consideration and cost factor in virtually every development project across the U.S. Increasingly empowered EPA staff grew their influence and oversight to an ability to virtually veto any project they did not favor, regardless of statutory requirements… read more →
Up From Fiefdoms
Four months in, the Trump Administration has no dearth of challenges and controversies. Reams have been, and will be, written documenting chaos, real and alleged. To energy producers and other businesses that have encountered the arrogance and morass of the EPA, the BLM, US Forest Service, OSHA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the legions.. read more →
Prosperity for Bureaucrats
Following a round of minor health issues, a late spring snowstorm and assorted miscellaneous distractions, the Policysmith’s attention was drawn back to issues of the day. But first a note and a tip of the chapeau to Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip. On Sunday May 14, Mr. Adams lampooned the climate science.. read more →
First Time Me Redux
First an apology to those who have commented on this blog. Thank you for your interest and feedback. I found your messages after some a confused and extended search – some were aging in a remote folder I had neglected. My attempts to respond have in some cases kicked back as undeliverable. You might try again if you.. read more →
Hail, Hail, Rock ‘n Roll!
Let’s step aside from the headline issues of the day, if only to reflect on the impact of a singular innovator – Chuck Berry. He changed everything for me when the world seemed a dull, gray angry place. In my late grammar school years, teachers wore their hair in buns, stuffed a Kleenex up their.. read more →
A World View – Climate Hardball
This is part three of a three-part series regarding climate change. Part I was published on Monday, March 27; Part II on Wednesday, March 29. To view all three installments, please click here. While domestic push-pull of climate change and tax schemes are tiresome, and overflow with invective and drivel, the very real conflict of climate.. read more →
Carbon Taxes – The best solution except for all the others
This is part two of a three-part series regarding climate change. Part I was be published on Monday, March 27; and Part III on Friday, March 31. To view all three installments, please click here. What’s not to like about a carbon tax? Its backers claim it will be revenue neutral, it will place the social.. read more →
On Climate: Deniers, Taxes and a World View
This is part one of a three-part series regarding climate change. Part I will be published on Monday, March 27; Part II on Wednesday, March 29, and Part III on Friday, March 31. To view all three installments, please click here. “Denier” It is today an absolute pejorative employed by the global environmental theocrats against.. read more →
Term Limits – Be Careful What You Ask For
As campaign “hooks” go, “Term Limits” always finds a receptive audience. The desire by an angered element of the electorate to rid itself of the other guy’s candidate lurks close to the surface in every campaign cycle. The vitriol on the right toward the Pelosis and Reids of the left is equaled by the like sentiments.. read more →