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FRANK LASEE: The Democrats’ Climate Silence Is A Confession

Aug 4, 2026

By Frank Lasee | Something is missing from the Democratic Party’s 2026 message, and its absence speaks louder than any speech. Climate change, the issue party leaders once called an existential emergency, has gone quiet. Journalists even have a name for it: climate...

DAVID BLACKMON: Lawfare’s Fingerprints Are All Over National Academies’ Landmark Climate Report

Jul 31, 2026

By David Blackmon | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine just released a major report on extreme event attribution science, the increasingly trendy climate alarmism field that tries to pin specific hurricanes, heat waves, or floods...

DEBORAH WILSON: Can America Protect Itself While Drowning In Debt?

Jul 28, 2026

By Deborah Wilson | For decades, America’s national debt has been treated largely as an economic problem. Economists debate deficits, interest rates, inflation and tax policy while the problem continues to grow. Politicians argue over spending priorities while...

AZFEC: The Teachers’ Unions Hired The Worst Of The Worst To Kill School Choice In Arizona

Jul 24, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | The teachers’ unions and their allies at Save Our Schools (SOS) have proven time and time again that they will do anything to kill universal school choice in Arizona. They’ve fought expansion of the...

SERGIO ARELLANO: The Bullish Case For Biggs

Jul 22, 2026

By Sergio Arellano | The prediction markets say Katie Hobbs is a heavy favorite. The pundits agree. I've heard long odds before — I heard them in combat, and I heard them in January when I ran for Party Chair. Here's what the gamblers and pundits are missing....

DAVID BLACKMON: Socialist Candidates Want To Resurrect Green New Deal Corpse

Jul 17, 2026

By David Blackmon | Every time you think the energy policies pushed by the Democratic Party can’t possibly get any crazier, they go and fool you again. Politico’s E&E News published an article Friday with a headline that should scare the bejeebers out of anyone...

RHYEN STALEY: America’s Biggest Teachers Union Pours Even More Fuel Into Its Political Machine

Jul 14, 2026

By Rhyen Staley | The National Education Association’s (NEA) Representative Assembly (RA) just elected a Black Lives Matter Los Angeles activist and alleged member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to its executive committee. Cecily Myart-Cruz, the...

AZFEC: Another Month, Another Onslaught Of Municipal Tax And Fee Increases

Jul 9, 2026

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Arizona taxpayers can’t catch a break from their local governments. From water rates and utility bills to property taxes and sales taxes, city councils have spent the last several months approving one increase after...

DAVID BLACKMON: America’s Energy Dominance: The Fruit Of Freedom On Our 250th

Jul 7, 2026

By David Blackmon | As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, one of the finest blessings our Founders gave our nation stands out with particular clarity: the system of free enterprise. That system did not merely enable liberty and prosperity in the abstract. It...

PASTOR ROBB BRUNANSKY: America Turns 250 Years Old This Week

Jul 3, 2026

By Pastor Robb Brunansky | For many Christians, a large ethical question looms over America’s 250th birthday: biblically speaking, should America ever have come to be? Was it right for the Founding Fathers to rebel against the British crown and establish an...

REP. ANDY BIGGS: Three Stories Of American Independence

Jul 2, 2026

By Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05) | The Fourth of July is undoubtedly a special time for every American. It is an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and origin of American freedom. It is a day full of picnics, parades, barbecues, and fireworks. It is a highlight of...

DAVID BLACKMON: Solar Doesn’t Use Much Farmland — Until You Define What ‘Much’ Really Means

Jun 30, 2026

By David Blackmon | I have to admit that I laughed out loud – almost spewing coffee on my keyboard – Friday morning when I read this headline from a competing platform’s energy-related newsletter: “SOLAR DOESN’T USE MUCH FARMLAND: Solar occupies less than 1% of...