‘Save the Environment--from the EPA’

Earth Day 2014 arrives today with some environmentalists calling out the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its giant global footprint.

Government Truth Commissions Make Politics Dirtier

In 2010, the website PolitiFact called Republican claims that ObamaCare is a "government takeover" of healthcare the "Lie of the Year." Last year, PolitiFact gave the title to President Obama's claim that under ObamaCare "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it." Obviously, PolitiFact's authority over what constitutes a "lie" is questionable given the contradiction between these two awards, and the website is subject to the same scrutiny we give everyone who speaks out about politics. But what if government gets to decide what constitutes "false" speech in politics and punish the "liars"?

Earth Day -- High Holy Day of Paganism

Today, masses of human beings around the globe will celebrate the worship of the earth ... not God ... not the creator -- but the creation.

Uncle Ion and Grandma’s Orchard

Last fall I was on a mission to see my Dad’s last three surviving siblings, two sisters and a brother. I wanted to visit uncle Ion, my Dad’s youngest brother, first. Had my Dad lived to a ripe old age, he would have probably looked very much like his sibling. When they were kids, Dad helped raise Ion and was his role model, especially after Grandma Elisabeta became a widow with eight kids at such a young age. Ion turned 78 in 2013 and lived in Grandma Elisabeta’s house in Popesti, not far from the bustling city of Ploiesti, the center of the oil industry during the communist regime.

Obama and the progressives are committing suicide all over the place

First - We must know the difference between truth and fiction.

Revival in America? – Not an Option; it is a Necessity

Writing of the moral decline in the US has become almost a guarantee that my articles will be tucked away in the faith section or used as filler during days of religious observances.

Supreme Court backs power of states to ban affirmative action

It's Hard Being a Black Conservative

“We’re not being governed. We’re being ruled by incompetence.” It is refreshing to read a book that reflects one’s own views and “Guardian of the Republic” by Allen West, a former Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army for over twenty years and a former, one-term congressman from Florida, who is perhaps best known these days as a Fox News channel contributor. He is a very conservative, articulate black American.

Gallup: Two-thirds of employees now basically don't care

The American workplace appears to be in a sorry state, and the result could be disastrous for our economy.

UAW suddenly abandons quest for Chattanooga do-over

What the United Auto Workers learned from the devastation it helped to wreak on the hapless Detroit automakers was - well, not much, really. Rather than realize their combination of outlandish demands, political pressure and individual intimidation had created cost structures that no company could sustain, the union decided it could only survive by heading south and attempting to wreak the same devastation on transplants operating auto plants in the south.

Chicago Magazine: City's 'improved' crime stats are being faked

You may have heard that crime is going down in Chicago. You might regard that as good news, and indeed, it certainly would be - if it were true.

MSNBC campaign advice to Dems: Embrace ObamaCare & tell people who lose their plans to 'deal with that!'

MSNBC is great.  In fact, it may be the greatest left-wing media outlet in history. No, it's not because they air quality programming - which they most certainly do not - and it's not because they make coherent, cogent, arguments -which, again, they do not. It's because, for whatever reason, they've taken the governors off their left-wing engines. The network's tolerance for nuttery is near limitless and it's very tough to get fired.  As a result, their hosts feel free to voice all of the beliefs that every liberal politician secretly holds dear, but can't say for fear of losing their jobs.

Democrat Rep. Stephen Lynch - ObamaCare's worst is still inbound. 'It's going to hit the fan'

This doesn't happen very often, so everyone gather 'round and pay attention. A Democrat just told the truth about ObamaCare. We want to make sure you hear this, because it's about as rare as the return of Haley's Comet. There's a good chance that you won't see something like this happen again during your lifetime.

Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville Celebrates Five Years

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Kessler Collection, a portfolio of 12 artistically inspired boutique hotels and restaurants, proudly announces a Very Bohemian Fifth Anniversary Celebration for Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville starting on April 1, 2014. Celebrate throughout 2014 with inspiring specials, all individually crafted to delight the five senses -- including the Five-Year Anniversary Package, Red Stag Grill Five Course Tasting Menu and signature Five Rose Manhattan Cocktail.

CTF Launches BankruptingOntario.ca Ad Campaign

• CTF is ringing the alarm bell over high debt and irresponsible government

MISSISSAUGA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is launching a new campaign, BankruptingOntario.ca, to sound the alarm bell over Ontario’s reckless spending and mounting government debt. On the eve of the Ontario budget – one that is projected to finance yet another deficit through borrowing – the CTF is sending the government a message that they need to take corrective actions now to prevent bigger problems down the road.

The Richer We Get, The Greener We’ll Become

It is very frustrating that after 25 years of the anti-pessimists being proven entirely right, and the doomsayers being proven entirely wrong, their credibility and influence waxes ever greater. That’s the bad news. The good news is that there is every scientific reason to be joyful about the trends in the condition of the Earth, and hopeful for humanity’s future, even if we are falsely told the outlook is grim. So Happy Earth Day. –-Julian Simon, 1 May 1995

What's Actually Good for the Environment May Surprise You

Good news for Earth Day: We can boost energy production and economic growth without harming the environment!

In response

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Air pollution declines as economic freedom rises

VANCOUVER—As the world celebrates Earth Day, a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank, finds that higher levels of economic freedom lead to cleaner air.

Russian Dominance in Europe?

Russia's ability to exert its will in Crimea and threaten eastern Ukraine did not arise accidentally, but by design. Russia's successful use of threats, infiltration by special operations units, and outright invasion would have been impossible without the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, which enabled Moscow to be the beneficiary of subsequent large scale financing and technical assistance from the West.