Biden Set to Settle for Subpar Nuclear Deal
The Biden administration seems poised to accept an Iran nuclear deal that not only fails to improve on the original 2015 agreement but manages to be worse. Representative Lee Zeldin…
The coming crisis in…fertilizer
Turmoil in the commodity markets has increased since Putin invaded Ukraine. One area of volatility that’s not getting near the attention is should: fertilizer. There’s a crisis brewing here that…
The limits of energy ‘independence”
Rising fuel prices and the prospect of more pain to come has the political class falling over itself to promote energy independence and the need for more domestic energy production….
Rhode Island takes up marijuana legalization
Add Rhode Island to the list of states looking seriously at ending marijuana prohibition, and the damage its done to America’s civil liberties: …Rhode Island House and Senate committees have…
California bill would create interstate market for marijuana
While the federal government continues to pursue marijuana prohibition, the states continue to lead. And one piece of legislation in California could pose the most serious challenge yet to the…
Federal government dithering stands in the way of marijuana legalization
Even as more states take it upon themselves to end marijuana prohibition, the federal government continues to dither and dawdle on the issue. Blame the entrenched drug war mentality in…
The political calculation at the heart of oil sanction reluctance
While a wide variety of sanctions, public and private, have been imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, oil and gas remain off the official list of forbidden products….
The CIA’s domestic spying problem
The Central Intelligence Agency is not supposed to spy on U.S. citizens. But according to recently released documents, the CIA is actively spying on U.S. citizens, without warrants or outside…
Biden’s, and Europe’s, sanctions avoid touching Putin’s oil wealth — for now
The Biden administration and Western European nations have imposed an array of sanctions against the Putin regime and assorted Russian oligarchs. While the sanctions got off to a laughably slow…
“Latinx” is on the outs
From the front lines of the conflict between woke progressives and everyone else comes this dispatch about Latino groups refusing to be called “Latinx”: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), head of…