Hostility and opposition to data centers was palpable four months ago. It has gotten much worse since then. Americans’ increasing aversion to new data centers borders on mass hysteria. A recent Gallup survey found that Americans would rather have a nuclear power plant built near them than an AI data center — by over 20 […]
At last! We finally hit $40 trillion in red ink. Since the 2007-2008 financial crash, there’s been an avalanche of news stories on the looming consequences of the skyrocketing national debt. Yet, even with almost 20 years of attention, scrutiny, and endless proposals to reduce the debt, it continues up, up, and away. Stanford economist […]
When a Texas utility tried to walk away from natural-gas agreements after the 2021 winter storm, a state judge sent an important message: Contracts matter. The case involved CPS Energy, the municipal utility serving San Antonio, and pipeline companies owned by Energy Transfer. During Winter Storm Uri, CPS Energy relied heavily on short-term gas purchases […]
Just a few months ago, Huawei’s chairman observed that Washington’s export controls have done little to hold China back. Instead, they have pushed the company and the Chinese state to invest far more heavily in domestic champions, accelerating an already rapid climb up the technology ladder and clearing the way for global expansion. The latest […]
For over 50 years, the establishment media has cemented in our modern history a simplistic view of former President Richard Nixon as a criminal villain. This cartoonish assessment stands in contrast to serious research showing that partisan media fraud forced him out of office. In the wake of the media-enabled Russiagate hoax, Gen Z, in […]
Two stories that broke this week are integral to American beef. First, President Donald Trump announced a 90-day tariff reduction, with subsidies, for imported ground beef to lower prices for American families. Second, the federal government announced it would massively reduce allocations to states of Colorado River water over the next decade to try to stem […]
Like much of what the NFL does anymore at the crossroads of public relations and cultural warfare, the nation’s preeminent sports league has once again taken the liberal, progressive (though I would argue they should truly be called regressive) side in its cultural warfare campaigns. A social media video of a male cheerleader for the […]
On the scorching summer morning of Aug. 19, 2009, I was walking from my home in Baghdad‘s Mansour district to Ahmed Chalabi’s residence, just a few houses away, for our routine morning meeting. As I made my way down the street, I suddenly heard a massive explosion in the distance. Moments later, the blast wave […]
Sen. Jon Fetterman's leaked texts reveal he dismissed meetings with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia over Medicaid cuts and skipped a police funeral.
