If proponents of the Essex Plan want to be taken seriously, they should admit that the plan will, at best, cost millions in administrative and auditing costs. As such, the plan is not really revenue neutral.
The growth of biofuels as a result of the mandate is minuscule compared to the country’s overall demand for fuel. Yet ethanol consumes a large share of the corn crop and an increasing amount of the soybean crop. The ethanol quota diverts valuable cropland away from other agricultural uses and increases feed prices for cattle and poultry farmers.
While the bill has much to praise, it leaves significant room for improvement. Here are some of the key reforms — and shortcomings — of the bill.
During the past 18 months, college students have engaged in disruptive and even violent activities toward guest speakers whose ideas they considered offensive. Unless we act to safeguard free speech on campuses, this depressing trend will continue indefinitely until the censors have gained control not only of universities, but coffee shops, churches and public squares.
Citizens Against Government Waste gives the Vermont congressional delegation a rating of “hostile” in addressing wasteful government spending.
In this recent interview, former Trump strategist Sebastian Gorka discusses the president’s accomplishments and disappointments, as well as his unique ability to outmaneuver the media.
This broad, bipartisan support for reining in civil forfeiture is reflected in the population at large. One recent poll found that 84 percent of Americans oppose forfeiture of property without a criminal conviction.
Daniel Hannan, a conservative member of the European Parliament for South East England, speaks out on Brexit, the virtues of free trade,
President Donald Trump, and the cruelty of communism.
A Catholic bishop condemned a nativity scene that depicts Mary holding Jesus in a rubber boat to symbolize the plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
The current international push to criminalize free speech in the name of various social movements should make us thankful that we have the First Amendment. Most other nations, even in the Western world, don’t have nearly the codified protection of speech that we in America have.
Some immigration advocacy groups have claimed in recent days that more than 10,000 “Dreamers” have lost legal protections since the White House rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Fred Lucas, Jarrett Stepman and Hillsdale College dean Matt Spalding explain why the concept of individual rights is fundamental to American civilization.