Another empty scare tactic to promote green energy. In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. In this month’s column, I profile the growing trend of states and localities electing to ban fracking in response to fears that it might cause groundwater contamination. The availability of cheap ... MOREPeter L Gray: Don't Board 'Fracking Banned' Wagon
Another empty scare tactic to promote green energy. In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. In this month’s column, I profile the growing trend of states and localities electing to ban fracking in response to fears that it might cause groundwater contamination. The availability of cheap ... MOREJeffrey Folks: Your Money Or Your Schools
Jerry Brown's threat. As a child, I was fond of adventure stories about the exploits of pirates, highwaymen, and miscreants of all sorts. In every such tale there was the moment when the dashing if disreputable protagonist confronts a gaggle of respectable folk and proclaims, "Stand and deliver. Your money or your life!" At the age of eight, armed with ... MOREMike Kimel: Libertarians And Privacy
Invasions of privacy, public and private. Over at EconLog, David Henderson berates a fellow libertarian on the difference between Facebook at the Census. But let's grant, for the sake of this discussion, that FB is quite contemptuous of privacy and that the Census Bureau is less so. Here's the difference. Every single person who signs up with Facebook ... MORE
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