Catastrophic grid failure in Texas requires new approach to prevent repeat disaster
Texas froze in February and vast portions of the state’s electric grid went dark.
Meet Joe Biden, America’s drunken sailor. When Mr. Biden first came to Washington during the previous mini-Ice Age, federal debt was about $450 billion — a quaint little figure when you think about it these days.
SharesWe need a new rule. Just as no modern political leader is “Hitler,” no current U.S. government policy is “Jim Crow.”
SharesTexas froze in February and vast portions of the state’s electric grid went dark.
SharesA lawsuit filed in a San Diego Superior Court has significant implications for churches, synagogues, mosques and temples across the country.
SharesTo state the obvious, the $100 billion Biden broadband plan means more regulation, higher taxes and worse service.
SharesIn the three months since President Biden took office, Iran has been testing U.S. resolve by escalating its uranium enrichment activities, directing terrorist proxies to attack U.S. forces, and taking another American hostage.
SharesWhatever you think of the 2020 elections, it seems prudent to be concerned about the quality and integrity of the process.
SharesUnless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of decades, it’s hard to deny that the basic values that once served as the foundation of our republic have vanished like dust in the wind.
SharesFor many, baseball’s Opening Day signals a great awakening after a long winter.
SharesThe attempted smear of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on this week's episode of "60 Minutes" is the latest reminder that the once-respected "Fourth Estate" is dying a slow painful death in full public view.
SharesDoes it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?
SharesBack in the day when "Saturday Night Live" was funny, Chevy Chase would open the "Weekend Update" segment by saying, "I'm Chevy Chase ... and you're not."
Shares"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before," said Rahm Emanuel, then-President Obama's chief of staff in 2008.
SharesProgressive justice warriors cloak themselves in moralistic virtue, but their radical demands often hurt the people they're supposed to be helping the most.
SharesSince my service as vice president concluded, I have taken the time to reflect on all that America achieved over the last four years, and I believe that posterity will recognize the Trump-Pence administration as one of the most transformative, and most consequential, in American history.
SharesPresident Biden's DOT shut down a highway project in Houston, saying the road construction was a classic case of racial injustice. At the same time, feds demanded contractors tied to the job get rid of all their black-ink pens, saying any color but green sent a message of racial injustice.
SharesIt's almost like there was a vaccination plan all along. In September, then-President Trump said that by April, everyone in the country would be able to receive a coronavirus vaccination.
SharesWinning, even during their title year, never seems to come easily or simply for these Nationals.
SharesWith the possibility of a more interventionist foreign policy approach looming, questions will inevitably resume over which branch of government actually is responsible for sending U.S. troops abroad.
SharesOne of the fun new talking points offered by the cool kids in the Biden administration is that a new report from Moody's Analytics indicates that President Biden's infrastructure-is-really-everything-we-can-possibly-imagine plan will help create 18.9 million new jobs by 2030.
SharesYour article, "NCAA, college athletes square off at Supreme Court over student compensation" (Web, March 31), shows the desperation, once again, of some groups to secure part of the revenues earned from college athletics. Certain parties are claiming athletes are suffering due to the current NCAA formula of providing forms of financial support to student athletes. It appears that these groups have wrongly promoted their position, misleading the public and now the U.S. Supreme Court.
SharesThe Center for American Progress (CAP) wants the evil of killing an unborn baby to be valued as essential health care and protected by law. An email titled "Abortion is Essential Healthcare" by Jamille Fields Allsbrook, CAP director of women's health and rights, stated: "We must transform how abortion is treated in this country This means building a cultural and systemic framework that values abortion as essential health care."
SharesPrior to last November's election, a social media post expressed concern that voters, impressed by President Trump's successful economic policies, might "mistakenly" reelect him. The author went on to spew hatred of Mr. Trump, vowing to "vote for a rock" in reference thereto.
SharesThere have been some developments in the past that may have led to negative sentiments against China.
SharesIn this already stormy century, freedom has many powerful enemies, and few powerful defenders.
SharesIn the short 11 weeks since President Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, we can say he and his administration have at least been consistent. Consistent in creating chaos at every turn.
SharesMajor League Baseball (MLB) is following Black Lives Matter (BLM) and taking a stand on the state of Georgia's recent election legislation.
SharesIn the aftermath of the 2020 election, 64% of Americans support strengthening election safeguards to ensure our elections are free and fair.
SharesPresident Biden and his congressional and media allies' frenzied crusade to block reforms designed to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process may backfire.
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