Opinion

Early voting for the 2024 presidential election is underway, and the numbers have been massive. On its first day of early voting, Georgia had more than 300,000 people cast ballots, shattering previous opening-day records. North Carolina had a record first day as well, topping 350,000.  Should we allow so many people to vote before Election […]

U.S. climate policies, designed to yield a utopia of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by, say, 2050, are preposterous. The costs are massive. Consumer resistance is such that important components of the policy agenda are already collapsing. The metastasizing system of financial regulations imposing penalties upon the fossil energy sector is unlikely to survive judicial scrutiny. […]

Last week, Maryland’s Democratic Party had a meltdown and started gaslighting the public about so-called “extremist” school board candidates running for office across the state, whom they allege want to push a political agenda. And really, how dare school board candidates want to focus on reading proficiency, student test scores, and the budget instead of […]

Barring a last-second miracle, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon will lose his reelection bid and be knocked out by former federal prosecutor Nate Hochman next month. Hochman is leading Gascon by 30 points in the latest polls.  Perhaps it is too early to celebrate Gascon’s loss, but the incumbent’s deep unpopularity and the […]