Trump and the Fate of Western Civilization
Trump represents a movement. It is bigger than him, and it is bigger than MAGA.
Why Gavin Newsom Must Never Become U.S. President
Newsom is unqualified to be president of the United States for the same reasons he is unfit to be governor of California.
The Aftermath of COVID: Four Years Later
Since COVID came along, 1.9 million people died in excess of what would have been expected based on death rates in the preceding seven years.
The Day Democracy Died in California
The Taxpayer Protection Act, a product of private grassroots groups, is dead. And with it, direct democracy – California’s last, best hope – is also dead.
The Way to Unite America’s Political Spectrum is Economic
When every American institution is pushing transgenderism and abortion on demand, their primary objective is to divide us.
Will Texas Repeat California’s Bullet Train Debacle?
Texas, if you must have more passenger rail, bring in Acela trains and use existing track. Save your money. Don’t be California.
Taking Back California – Part Six: The Party of the Future
If California Republicans are willing to redefine themselves not merely as an opposition party but as a party with well-defined solutions to problems that affect everyone, voters will notice.
Taking Back California – Part Five: Abundant Water
As with energy, water shortages in California are largely the product of political choices. And as with energy, this is an opportunity for politicians willing to present voters with alternatives.
Taking Back California – Part Four: Abundant Energy
Possibly the most powerful and unifying political opportunity in California today is to promote policies that will restore abundance and reject policies that involve rationing.
Taking Back California – Part Three: Fighting Crime
Conservative candidates in California have a chance to win over voters who won’t respond to a harsher “lock them all up” message.
Taking Back California – Part Two: Fixing Education
Californians know their education system is failing. It’s up to new candidates and reenergized grassroots activists to advocate for big solutions and bring them to the voters.
Taking Back California – Part One: The Voters
The key to reviving the Republican Party in California is to focus on solutions to issues of universal, nonpartisan urgency, starting with education, crime, and the cost of living.
The Case for an Inclusive Energy Strategy
By encouraging energy development on all fronts simultaneously, humanity can eliminate energy poverty, which is one of the most problematic obstacles to peace and prosperity.
The Power of Moderate Populism
If you evaluate Trump’s actions while in office and his core positions on the most important issues of our time, there is strong evidence that he is not the least bit extreme in his views.
Two Visions for California’s Future
In an alternate vision of California, millions of good jobs would be created by increasing housing development, embracing the state's oil and gas deposits, and streamlining costly state regulations.
Governing by Hope Instead of Fear
"Safety" is often a smokescreen to hide an agenda-driven transition from being free to being controlled in everything you do.
Floating Offshore Wind Projects Will Squander Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
From a financial perspective, offshore wind, should it go forward, will be the biggest waste of money ever imposed on the backs of working Californians.
Our Perilous, Magnificent, Perilous Future
To believe that the future may just be more wonderful than we could ever imagine is not fantasy; it is an informed, realistic perspective. And it completely disarms the manipulative narrative of fear.
The Financialization of Nature
Carbon trading and natural asset companies use scarcity to inflate the value of existing real assets, while inventing new asset categories that have no relation to genuine productivity.
Drain the Reservoirs, Return California’s Stolen Land
The logical extension of California’s environmentalist policies is to end civilization as we know it. But California’s progressive elites are not crazy or stupid. So what is their actual motivation?