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Biden’s immigration proposal — lots of carrot, not much stick

President Biden recently staged a photo op at the border on his way to a summit in Mexico, having just unveiled a new plan to address the border disaster. Maybe it will work as political damage control, but it will not fix the border — and will probably make it worse. The plan has been ...

Ending affirmative action is a blow to representative democracy

For an institution established to be above politics, the Supreme Court has lost an enormous amount of trust lately. First, they came for Roe. Now, they’re about to overturn affirmative action. COVID-19 has already hit students hard, and it has hit young students of color the hardest. Now, ...

U.S. mining best way to address looming threat of foreign mineral cartel

America needs to adopt a bold strategy to ramp up mining. The aim should be to solve a major problem in the fight against climate change — a shortage of minerals vital to clean energy technologies like electric cars and transmission systems for renewable power. Mining is the foundation of ...

We are creating our own electricity crisis

There’s growing alarm that the top-down push for America to transition to renewable energy is surgically dismantling our existing electrical grid and its capacity to provide reliable power when needed. Blackouts in California and Texas weren’t anomalies. As one energy regulator warned, ...

Trucking industry warns EPA emission regs could drive up costs

Members of America’s trucking industry say stringent new federal regulations on emissions are mainly unnecessary and could affect the nation’s shaky supply chain. The Environmental Protection Agency announced last month that it had finalized new rules on restricting tailpipe emissions on ...

Ancient history, modern kingdom

Mired in scandal and gossip, the Brits still seem to love their royal family. Not even the black sheep princes of the realm can stop pollsters from discovering that a majority believe the monarchy is fine even if it’s sopping up more than $100 million a year in taxpayer money. The return on ...