A bad deal all around
There are actually a couple things I want to tie together in this piece – they may seem disparate at first, but I think there’s a common thread in something I write about on a frequent basis. For a guy...
View ArticleA tone-deaf city government
It took several months longer than anticipated – and we don’t yet know exactly what the toll will be – but last night 80 percent of Salisbury City Council gave 100 percent of local property owners...
View ArticleA lack of standards
In 2007, Congress passed (and President Bush regrettably signed) a bill which was, at the time, a sweeping reform of energy policy. As part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the EPA...
View ArticleSo-called expert believes women can only be prostitutes and maids
Okay, now that I have your attention, allow me to add some context. If I did show prep for Rush Limbaugh, this story would be placed in the “lighthearted stack of stuff.” (This explains why I kept it...
View ArticleMore counterproductive regulations
Do you recall the “new” water-saving toilets that you had to flush twice to get the job done? Don’t look now, but Rick Manning tells us that “technology” is coming to dishwashers: What could go wrong?...
View ArticleBoth parties are fractured, but on energy, each is unified
Commentary by Marita Noon There is no shortage of news stories touting the splits within each party. The Democrat divide is, as NBC News sees it, between dreamers and doers—with the International...
View ArticleFixing the folly of food for fuel?
Commentary by Marita Noon (Editor’s note: since Marita was “not in love with” the original title and encouraged those who run her work to rename this piece, I changed it to what you see above.) The...
View ArticleObama’s green energy plans kill jobs, hurt consumers, and cost taxpayers
Commentary by Marita Noon Proponents of green energy like to point out how the costs have come down – and they have. Though renewable energy, such as wind and solar, are not expected to equal fossil...
View ArticleThe first post-GOP teaching moment
It was about seven or eight years ago that I first came in contact with the group called Americans for Limited Government. One of their projects that I participated in for awhile was called Liberty...
View ArticleFrom fracking to flatulence: the all-out assault on methane
Commentary by Marita Noon What is the “biggest unfinished business for the Obama administration?” According to a report from Bill McKibben, the outspoken climate alarmist who calls for all fossil fuels...
View ArticleStriking down Obama’s climate legacy has its day in court
Commentary by Marita Noon President Obama’s flagship policy on climate change had its day in court on Tuesday, September 27. The international community is closely watching; most Americans, however,...
View ArticleBacktracking on fracking
Western Maryland is blessed with an enormous amount of cleaner burning natural gas and we need an all of the above approach to energy. I am concerned that there has been a knee-jerk reaction against...
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