Marita Noon

Put the permanently furloughed private-sector employees back to work

Following a rough week for Obamacare, the President, understandably, wants to pivot to anything other than the devastating coverage of HealthCare.gov.

Mining policy designed to benefit our own—mighty rare

What is essential to modern energy production and management including oil-and-gas development, wind and solar, and LED lights—just to name a few—and has rare bipartisan support in both houses of Congress?

Hitting the right notes, but singing the wrong song

Jobs. Enlarging the tax base. Market access. Energy choice. Fair compensation. Options. Make money. These words and phrases represent ideas or concepts that are attractive to Republicans, conservatives, limited-government and free-market supporters, and even fiscally minded Democrats—which is exactly why they are being used to get buy-in from these groups for something that is 180 degrees from their core values. This approach, I believe, is part of an organized plan by the left to hoodwink the right.

Goodbye OPEC, Hello Independence

October 17 was the fortieth anniversary of the oil embargo slapped on America by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). That action changed the entire geopolitical map—taking the power from the United States and giving it to the Middle East. As a result of the embargo, the price of gasoline quadrupled, gas stations had multi-hour long lines, and the stock market plummeted—kicking off a serious recession.

ObamaCare and ethanol—hand-in-hand

Poll after poll shows that the majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of ObamaCare. If it were front and center of the newscycle, as ObamaCare is, most would also have the same repeal-or-revise attitude regarding ethanol mandates as the two are marching hand-in-hand. In addition to the odd collection of opponents--conservatives and unions in opposition to ObamaCare; and environmentalists and big oil, auto manufacturers and anti-hunger groups oppose ethanol--there are numerous other similarities.

No pin pricks in the war on energy

Look closely at the energy-related news stories of the past dozen or so days, and, between the lines, you’ll see a theme: government makes predictions and assertions that cannot be backed up by data to protect or project preferred messaging.

National Geographic encourages culturally induced ignorance

For 125 years, National Geographic has enjoyed a reputation as a scientific and educational organization. It is so trusted that if a topic is covered within the pages of National Geographic, it has been accepted without question. Most of us grew up reading it in the classroom, and later, in the doctor's office.

Beware of the foolish politics of climate change

Last week, while America dithered over whether or not to depose Syria's president, an ocean away, a different leader was decisively dumped. The election of Australia's new prime minister has international implications.

Redistributing Wealth from the West to the Rest

COP 18 started this week in Doha, Qatar, where climate campaigners will, again, try to get governments to commit to a $100-billion-per-year “Climate Fund” to redistribute wealth from the West to the rest—though $100 billion is already being considered “inadequate.” The Climate Fund “is designed to transfer wealth from the developed world to the developing world to fund mitigation and adaptation to climate change.”