Economy
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‘Higher Than We Expect’: Top Fed Official Issues Grim Prediction On Reining In Inflation
By Max Keating Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, poured cold water on optimism that the Fed could…
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Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, feeds more people
Green activists want to ban nitrogen fertilizer, which is essential to feeding the world’s people. When nitrogen fertilizer is banned,…
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Biden’s Head Is In The Clouds On Energy Policy And The American People Are Paying For It
By Jason Isaac It’s no secret that President Joe Biden has a bone to pick with the fossil fuel industry.…
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Fed Scrambles To Get A Grip On Inflation While Manchin Hands Schumer A Green Spending Spree
By Carrie Sheffield The Federal Reserve hiking interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday is more evidence…
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Unaccountable accreditation agencies mess up colleges, pressure them to prefer certain races
Accreditation agencies are messing up colleges by pressuring them to adopt “equity” and “diversity” mandates that prefer some races over…
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‘Complete Collapse’: Here’s How ESG Destroyed One Nation’s Economy
By Micaela Burrow Sri Lanka has run out of fuel and is facing the worst economic crisis in decades. A…
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Study: Lockdowns Had No Impact on COVID Mortality
In January of 2020, revelations about COVID-19 began gaining widespread attention. At the time, the virus was little known to…
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Ford To Lay Off Thousands To Bankroll ‘Green’ Transition: Report
By Jack McEvoy Ford is moving to lay off thousands of workers in order to fund its electric vehicles (EVs)…
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Congress to waste billions on semiconductor subsidies when shortage ceases to exist
Congress is always happy to waste billions of dollars tomorrow, on today’s or yesterday’s problem. Recently, there was a shortage…
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Your retirement fund could shrink due to Biden administration’s pressure for ESG standards
ESG funds have badly underperformed the market, including the very sectors they shunned: oil, gas and coal. But now Joe…
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Good News! EU Calls Nuclear Energy ‘Green’
My mission statement on this blog includes the promise to report “the good news.” I confess to having done little…
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‘Especially Perilous’: Europe Encouraged To Ration Gas Supplies Ahead Of Winter
By Jack McEvoy The International Energy Agency (IEA) is calling for widespread energy rationing across Europe due to the continent’s…
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‘Laughably Behind The Curve’: The Fed Isn’t Doing Enough To Rein In Inflation, Economists Say
By Max Keating The Federal Reserve is poised to raise the federal funds rate by 0.75% on July 27 in…
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California’s Green Decline
This post’s companion piece on the green disaster in Sri Lanka is here. As in Sri Lanka, California elites attack…
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Biden Admin Hit With Lawsuit For Allegedly Hiding Records On ‘Hostile Takeover’ Of Key Regulator
By Gabe Kaminsky, Investigative Reporter President Joe Biden’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is being sued by a watchdog for…
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Inflation rises to over 9 percent, the highest level in more than 40 years
“Inflation accelerated more than expected to a new four-decade high in June as the price of everyday necessities remains painfully…
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Wind Power Fails Texas Electrical Grid When It Needs It The Most
By Jack McEvoy Wind power is failing Texas during a record-setting heat wave with turbines producing only 8% of their…
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The Left Wants To Inject Wokeness Into Another Key Institution
By Carrie Sheffield The Federal Reserve already has too much power over the economic lives of Americans, so of course…
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World hunger to spread as Russia cuts off food to developing world, and many Dutch farmers face ruin
Poor countries will suffer massive food shortages due to Russia’s war with Ukraine, which has cut off grain exports from…
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Biden administration illegally sells oil to China, depleting Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The Biden administration sold a million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a China-owned gas giant. This…
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Germany Went All In On Green Energy. Now Its Economy Is On The Brink Of Collapse
By Reagan Reese After pouring billions of dollars into green energy, Germany is facing economic calamity, including potential collapse should…
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Dutch Farmers Launch Revolt Against Climate Rules Threatening To End Their Livelihoods
By Max Keating Dutch farmers used tractors to block roads and supermarket distribution networks to protest government-mandated emissions reductions that…
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July 4th cookout costs 17% more this year
“Inflation will hit you again. This time for your July 4 feast,” reports Alabama Media Group: U.S. consumers will pay…
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$11 per gallon gasoline possible, based on prediction from major bank
“Global oil prices could reach a ‘stratospheric’ $380 a barrel if US and European penalties prompt Russia to inflict retaliatory…
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Biden Administration Looks To Halt Offshore Drilling In Atlantic, Pacific Amid Energy Crisis
By Jack McEvoy The Biden administration announced a five-year plan Friday that prevents new offshore oil drilling projects in the…
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Blackouts leave South Africa in the dark
South Africa is experiencing blackouts, and experts say parts of America may experience blackouts this summer for similar reasons. “South…
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‘One Of The Worst Downturns’: Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Biden’s Economy In Warning To Employees
By Kay Smythe Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% Thursday as founder…
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Stocks fall so fast, they just had their worst first half in 52 years
Stocks fell so much in the first half of 2022, that the stock market had its worst first half in…
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Supreme Court Delivers Massive Blow To Biden’s Climate Agenda
By Josh Hypes The Supreme Court dealt a critical blow to the Biden administration’s wide-ranging climate goals Thursday, limiting the…
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Gas tax to rise in Virginia, due to law passed in 2020
Gas taxes rise by 7% in Virginia starting on July 1. The Roanoke Star reports: Virginia’s gasoline and diesel taxes…
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Chinese agents work to keep America dependent on China for key minerals
The Soviets funded the nuclear freeze movement in America and the West. Russian ruler Vladimir Putin funded anti-fracking activism to…
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The Left Has Another Piece Of Small-Town America In Its Crosshairs
By Carrie Sheffield Credit unions were one of the last pillars of small-town USA — as American as apple pie,…
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Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday Comes At Rising Prices All Wrong
By Andrew Wilford Inflation is a tough problem for any president to tackle. Unfortunately, President Biden has thus far proven…
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