In order for a major energy project to go from conception to reality many years are required. How many? Francis Menton says at least 10 years or more. If some project is really going to be a meaningful part of the energy future 10 or so years from now, it had better already be well […]
An Ode to Jeep and Cocky Yankee Ingenuity
Yesterday, 6 June, commemorated the 77th anniversary of D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history. D-Day began the liberation of German-occupied Normandy, France, and later Western Europe from Nazi control. More than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches codenamed Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword, and Gold, carried by 7,000 boats. My father was amongst the […]
Why Higher Labor Costs Are Bad News for Consumers
What’s in a name? Call it what you will, it still smells like inflation. The good news for workers? They are being paid more to join the U.S. labor force. The not-so-good news? Higher labor costs will come out of workers’ elevated paychecks. What will it take to persuade potential workers to join the U.S. […]
When Can Americans Have a Pint at the Pub?
What European countries are rolling out the red carpet to revive the EU’s crucial summer tourist season? Even if you have been vaccinated, visitors to the U.K., for example, must get a COVID test before flying. Upon arrival, they will be subjected to a 10-day quarantine. The WSJ reports, however, ”The U.K. updates its color-coded […]
Not Allowing Americans to Help Themselves
As Joe Biden looks to release the “biggest-ever” federal budget, it is a good time for Americans to reflect upon the implications of the fiscal and regulatory tentacles of today’s federal government,” cautions Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. A Spending Surge Like No Other Mr. Crews assigns blame to both parties. Crews notes that it […]
Lost but Not Forgotten at the Battle at Belleau Wood
In an essay on the many who “fought, bled and died” for our country, Chris Stirewalt, a contributing editor to The Dispatch, writes on Memorial Day 2021 a tribute to the dead and a reminder to the living: We don’t know what Fred Stockham thought about the war. Did he have some sympathies for the […]
Colleges to Require COVID Vaccinations for In Person Learning
College students are excited to learn that they will be able to return to their campuses in the fall to resume a regular, in-person school year. BRIGHT editor Paulina Enck, reports, “As a recent graduate who closed out senior year over zoom, my excitement and envy go out to them. However, this thrilling development comes […]
Deeply Offensive to Compare Capital Siege to 9/11
Comparing the events that happened in our state capital on 6 January to 9/11 “not only diminishes the horror of what happened on 9/11; it tells a false story to the generation of Americans who are too young to remember that day nearly 20 years ago,” writes Debra Burlingame in the WSJ. Ms. Burlingame’s brother […]
Do Black Lives Really Matter?
St. Louis, Missouri was part of the Louisiana Purchase in the early 1800s, and in 1803, the city became the point of embarkation, under President Thomas Jefferson, for the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark. Today St. Louis is the “unchallenged” murder capital of the U.S. Francis Menton, aka Manhattan Contrarian, stresses what […]
Funded by Taxpayers/Approved by Fauci
In what looks to be a research effort funded by the American taxpayer and approved by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the American groupthink crowd should be shamed for its arrogance. President Donald Trump along with Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) were ridiculed by the media for raising the possibility that the COVID-19 virus escaped from China’s Wuhan […]
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