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The Push For ‘Net Zero’ Isn’t Clean Or Green

Jul 15, 2023

By Kevin Mooney | By cutting off oil and gas exploration as part of a global campaign to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, policymakers aligned with climate activists are “misdirecting scarce innovation resources,” according to an analysis of energy transition...

ASU Deserves An ‘F’ For Its Failure To Uphold Free Speech

Jul 12, 2023

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Universities are supposed to be the “marketplace of ideas.” With a “green light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), you would think that Arizona State University (ASU) would...

Arizona, We Have A Problem: The State Of S.T.E.M. Education

Jul 10, 2023

By Diane Douglas and Dr. Peter Pingerelli | Some remember the live broadcast of Apollo 8 orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve 1968. Over 1/4 of the world's population listened in, as the crew read from the Book of Genesis. The United States of America led in space...

News Flash: Free Things From Government Are Never Really Free

Jul 9, 2023

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | American school children are instructed that the late 19th century, the Gilded Age, was dominated by “robber barons” who made great fortunes creating monopolies that exploited the poor and middle classes. Howard Zinn‘s best-selling textbook,...

Peoria School Board Members Advocate For Boys To Invade Girls’ Bathrooms

Jul 8, 2023

By Tiffany Benson | Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) Board President David Sandoval and Board Members Bill Sorensen and Melissa Ewing have effectively silenced all women and girls on school grounds. Despite hearing concerns from countless community members,...

They’re Coming For Your Children

Jul 5, 2023

By Suzanne Downing | From the South Lawn of the White House to the pulsing heartbeats of North America’s bustling metropolises, Democrats are stepping into the 2024 electoral fray armed with a transgender-dominated platform that makes the riots of 2020 look like a...

Housing Shortage Threatens Arizona’s Economic Gains

Jun 30, 2023

By Pat Nolan | Last year, Arizona was the most popular state for people to relocate to. Those new arrivals helped boost our economy and put the state’s budget in the black. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that the state is falling behind in building homes to...

Only Parents Can Solve America’s Education Crisis

Jun 28, 2023

By Peter Roff | America is losing faith in its system of free public education. Test scores are down. Violence in schools is up. There’s a growing perception that things are out of control. What’s odd about it all is how no one, seemingly, is interested in exploring...

SCR 1015 Would Ensure That Our State’s Initiative Process Is For All Arizonans

Jun 24, 2023

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For years, Arizona has been a target of out-of-state special interest groups that want to put their radical ideas in our state. The process usually goes something like this. Liberal groups from outside Arizona take an issue that...

Politicized Science Can Be Dangerous To Your Health

Jun 22, 2023

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | The Lancet was once a leading British medical journal. It was sober and medically exacting. It was so respected that it was often cited to settle controversial issues in the field of medicine. Today, it is a shell of its former self, shot...

Francis Suarez Tried To Stop Ron DeSantis. Now He Wants Credit For Florida’s Success

Jun 16, 2023

By Brian Anderson | A third Florida man has his eyes on the White House. On Wednesday, after weeks of teasing an announcement, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez officially became the latest entry into the crowded Republican primary for president. His speech at the Reagan...

The Climate Lobby Is Openly Plotting To Steal Our Freedom

Jun 14, 2023

By David Blackmon | During her May 15 speech to The Beyond Growth Conference held by the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen, citing a 1970s de-growth plan published by the Club of Rome, made reference to the European Union’s...