05/07/18
Partisan bickering and worse drives out thoughtful debate, promoting stalemate or poor policy choices. Our political leaders need to do much better, both in DC and Delaware.
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12/04/17
Facts matter and illogical opinions will be destroyed by reality, but a lot of damage can result in the meantime. The best time to stop bad ideas is at the beginning. Read More...Tags: Francis Bacon, Social Security , Medicare, capitalism, global warming, Spirit of 1776, Dan Kerrick, renewable energy , offshore wind power, combined cycle natural gas, onshore wind power, solar power, Governor John Carney, John Nichols, David Stevenson, Tom Noyes, Geoffrey Pohanka, silent majority, US Wind, Deipwater Wind, Bloom Energy, Delamarva Power
11/06/17
Subsidies for wind and solar power are destabilizing the electric power markets – what should be done? Read More...Tags: Mark Twain, renewable energy , wind power, solar power, nuclear fusion, man-made global warming theory, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio , offshore wind power, levielized cost, combined cycle natural gas, John Nichols, Energy Department, cheap natural gas, fracking boom, American Wind Energy Association, St. Louis, German coal plants, Zero Emission Credits, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Texas Public Policy Foundation
10/02/17
Gridlock in fixing the fiscal problem is unfortunate, but in other cases it's not necessarily a bad thing. Read More...Tags: President Donald Trump, drain the swamp, Gresham's Law, national debt, gridlock, economic stimulus , happytalk, Great Recession, Sen. Tom Carper, economic growth rate, hurricane damage, tax cut , Reagan tax cut, Treaasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, Graham-Cassidy bill, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. John McCain , Sen. Rand Paul, single payer system, cap and trade proposal, manmade global warming , climate change, offshore wind power, DE Governor John Carney