The News of the week…month…year: Osama bin Laden is dead.  I realize this is probably no longer news to most of you, but what may be of interest is…how will this effect our economy, and more specifically, energy costs? In the few days since his death, the price of oil/barrel has dropped about $12. As of this [...]

OSU tries to expel PhD candidate children of scientist who ran against Cong. Peter DeFazio Paul Driessen Confused visitors will be forgiven for thinking Oregon State University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Congressman Pete DeFazio and the “progressive-socialist” wing of the Democratic Party. Or for likening what’s going on there to political retribution as practiced [...]

Look at what Europe doing now, to address its energy, economic and employment woes by Paul Driessen President Obama and environmentalists often say America should follow Europe’s lead on energy, climate and economic matters. Recent events suggest that we should listen more attentively to the Europeans. Two brutal winters have awakened Europe to the fact [...]

With gas prices at almost $4 per gallon, it may again be time to debate drilling for oil in ANWR.  The oil found in the ANWR region of Alaska could dramatically influence the price of gas.  This along with offshore drilling are sure to be on the congressional agenda to debate in the coming year.  American’s everywhere [...]

Fears and facts Fukushima’s lessons for America’s already safe nuclear plants Paul Driessen The ground hadn’t stopped shaking. Tsunami waters had not receded. And yet coverage of this awful natural disaster – a scene of almost unfathomable devastation and death – was already giving way to single-minded focus on radiation exposure and meltdowns. Addressing justifiable [...]

The House came to an agreement late last night to extend, yet again, the federal budget until a new budget could be voted on.  Both sides agreed to $38.5 billion dollars in cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year. To the Average American, $38.5 may seem like a lot of money, but in a multi-trillion dollar [...]

I have recently found out about a really great website called Intellectual Takeout. This website has great information ranging from the Environment to Policy and much more. I was looking on the website today and I found a great “appetizer” about the correlation between politics and global warming. The “appetizer” talks about how the push [...]

Beware of anti-energy policies claiming to prevent climate change Willie Soon and Barun Mitra Energy sustainability is not about resource availability and pollution. Capitalism and human ingenuity have already addressed “sustainability” in these regards, if the statistics are to be believed. The real sustainability challenge and threat concerns government intervention in the name of “sustainability,” because it is political and [...]

The Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota has recently been plagued with another MPIRG petition.  However, this time it was to ‘Save MPIRG,’ or so the signs said.  The Student Service Fees committee recently met to determine the student fees designated to student organizations.  SSF decided this year that funding full-time non-university staff positions [...]

Finally, nine months after the deep-water oil-drilling ban was lifted the first permit has been given out to Nobel Energy Inc. to resume drilling. The rig that they are is 70 miles south of Louisiana close to the BP gulf oil spill location. Their well is currently 6,500 ft deep, but by May Nobel Energy [...]