Living on the Edge of Destruction: Israel’s 60th Anniversary

May 12, 2008 | Alan Caruba

Throughout their long history, the Jews remained steadfast to their ancient faith under circumstances that would have destroyed a people less committed.

Ten Simple Truths About Oil

April 30, 2008 | Alan Caruba

Americans are being impoverished at the gas pump because Congress has dithered and failed in one of its most important responsibilities.

Global Food Fights

April 14, 2008 | Alan Caruba

There is nothing that can be done about the changing weather patterns that are leaving havoc in their wake, for example, extreme amounts of snow and ice followed by lots of flooding.

Universal Health Insurance: Just Don’t Get Sick

April 9, 2008 | Alan Caruba

The current American system of personal choice of physicians, hospitals, and types of care looks pretty good when compared to other national systems.

A Primer on Oil Prices

March 9, 2008 | Alan Caruba

U.S. energy policy is designed to drive up the cost of oil and its derivatives for every American because it will not permit exploration and extraction, and it will not encourage or permit new refineries to be built.

An Extraordinary Event

March 5, 2008 | Alan Caruba

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change recently concluded in New York City. The message: There is no “consensus” on global warming.

Ruining Our Youth, Our Future

March 3, 2008 | Alan Caruba

This spring, several hundred college kids will head to Virginia and Ohio to experience the coal industry’s environmental and social degradation at "Mountain Justice Spring Break."

Democrats Demagogue Poverty. Again.

February 25, 2008 | Alan Caruba

Both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have made “poverty” a central theme of their campaigns, promising to lift up the poor and put a chicken in every pot, a large screen TV on every wall, and a new car in every driveway.

Calm Sun, Cold Earth

February 17, 2008 | Alan Caruba

What controls the Earth’s climate? The Sun!

America is Running Out of Electricity

February 11, 2008 | Alan Caruba

The U.S. Department of Energy predicts that overall energy demand will grow by 45% between now and 2030.

I’m Fat. You’re Fat. And Your Kids Are, Too.

January 27, 2008 | Alan Caruba

Blaming the Big Corporations that are simply providing what you want and demanding that government ban various elements of the food supply won’t reduce your waist size, but it will increase your loss of personal freedom and choice.

The Challenge of 2008 and Beyond

January 1, 2008 | Alan Caruba

The beginning of a new year is a good time to consider the many things that differentiate this new century from the last.

Stepping Back from the Precipice

December 30, 2007 | Alan Caruba

There was logic to removing Saddam, but there was no precedent; America has never engaged in a preemptive war or any war in which we had not first been attacked. A review of Patrick Buchanan's Day of Reckoning.

Saying “No” When Everyone Else Is Saying “Yes”

December 17, 2007 | Alan Caruba

A distorted and debased science is being used to advance the fraud of global warming.

Global Warming Lies Create a Climate of Crisis

December 11, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Japan, Spain, and Italy face as much as $33 billion in fines for having failed to meet their agreement to reduce so-called “greenhouse gas” emissions.

America’s Standing in the World

December 3, 2007 | Alan Caruba

America is not above criticism, but it remains a nation that is by far the most dynamic, most innovative, most devoted to the rule of law and equality for all its citizens.

Loons and Bears Versus Eskimos and Oil

November 27, 2007 | Alan Caruba

At a time when a $100 barrel of oil makes economies around the world quiver, the “conservationists” are more interested in a yellow-billed loon than in your ability to drive to work, pick up the kids at school, or just go anywhere in your car.

Never Learning from the Past

November 26, 2007 | Alan Caruba

A book that should be mandatory reading for all the current and aspiring leaders of the world is David A. Andelman’s A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today.

Kansas Rules Against Electricity

November 12, 2007 | Alan Caruba

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rejected a proposal to build new coal-fired plants due to carbon-dioxide emissions.

Eliminate the Gasoline Tax?

November 10, 2007 | Alan Caruba

The gasoline tax has little to do with whether it makes any sense for Americans to be paying taxes on an energy source that is absolutely essential to our daily lives and the welfare of the national economy.

Friends of the Earth are Nobody’s Friends

November 5, 2007 | Alan Caruba

The Mother of All Green Groups has devoted itself to finding every way possible to make our lives miserable, all in the name of protecting the environment.

Eating Food Will Kill You

October 30, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Too many organizations' funding and support is dependent on periodically announcing that just about anything you eat, from popcorn to fish, will kill you.

Not “Peak Oil”, But Lots More Oil

October 25, 2007 | Alan Caruba

In his new book The Battle for Barrels, Duncan Clarke dissects the Peak Oil myth and its advocates with surgical skill and patience.

The High Cost of Climate Lies

October 21, 2007 | Alan Caruba

According to Dr. Vincent Gray, the data collection and scientific methods employed by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were unsound, undermining the two main ‘scientific’ claims that ‘the globe is warming’ and ‘increases in carbon dioxide emissions are responsible.’

The Iraqi Tar Baby

October 20, 2007 | Alan Caruba

In retrospect, George Herbert Walker Bush seems like a genius for not deposing Saddam Hussein and occupying Iraq. A review of John Agresto's Mugged By Reality: The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure of Good Intentions.

Sunny, But Expensive Dreams

October 1, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Jon Corzine aims to have at least two percent of the electricity consumed in New Jersey coming from solar panels by 2030.

Wind-Driven Delusions

September 24, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Wind farms are quite possibly the dumbest way possible to produce electricity.

Be a Vegan or Else!

September 17, 2007 | Alan Caruba

The war on meat is part of the arsenal of weapons being used to coerce and frighten people into believing that less production will “save” the Earth from “global warming.”

Obsessing over Jews

September 12, 2007 | Alan Caruba

The suggestion that AIPAC’s influence is far greater than other comparable politically active organizations is attributable to the perception of Jews as wielding great and unseen power in the world.

The Year the Global Warming Hoax Died

September 3, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Prior to and during 2007, one research study after another revealed that the central premise of “global warming” lacks any scientific merit.

The Struggle for the Soul of the Democrat Party

August 27, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Without a compelling reason to vote for a Democrat candidate, voters may decide to stay with the party that — flawed as it may be at this point — still believes in lower taxes, a strong military, and the magic elixir of freedom, opportunity.

Corn Facts, Not Corn Flakes!

August 6, 2007 | Alan Caruba

There’s a whole aspect of life in America about which fewer and fewer Americans know anything. It’s farming.

A Democrat Energy Disaster in the Making

August 3, 2007 | Alan Caruba

The Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 (H.R. 2776) totally ignores the fact that oil, gas, and coal will remain the primary elements of the nation’s energy mix and would increase the tax burden on U.S.-based energy companies by more than $16 billion in the decade ahead.

The Real Reason Why Gasoline Costs More

July 30, 2007 | Alan Caruba

If you want to know why gasoline and everything made from oil is going to cost more in the years ahead, I give you, ladies and gentlemen, Hugo Chavez.

A Sunny View of Oblivion

July 24, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Lawrence E. Joseph's Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization’s End scares the reader with some interesting science, history, and conjecture, and performs the useful service of getting one to focus on the Sun, a huge, gelatinous mass of roiling gases that, depending on what it is doing, either heats or cools the Earth.

Taxing the Joy out of Life

July 18, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Congress is considering raising the tax on cigars by as much as 20,000%.

Goodbye America, Hello North American Union

July 17, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Jerome Corsi has documented the ongoing movement to create an EU-style North American Union.

Time to Annex Mexico!

June 11, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Mexicans are here already. Let’s make them Americans who will want to live in the former nation of Mexico.

The Demise of the Republican Party

June 7, 2007 | Alan Caruba

In Invasion of the Party Snatchers, Victor Gold convincingly argues that the Republican Party has come to represent everything that Republicans fought against from the days when Lincoln first led the party.

Mistakes Were Made

May 28, 2007 | Alan Caruba

Every member of Congress should be required to read Ali A. Allawi's The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace.