Last week the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by James P. Lucier, Jr ., a managing director of Capital Alpha Partners , LLC, in Washington, D.C. Lucier`s piece describes how Alaska shares its oil revenues with residents, and suggests that John McCain adopt a page from Alaska`s book to get popular support...
Ron Bailey , Science Correspondent of Reason Online , reported recently "how some environmental groups are fighting the development of utility-scale solar power in the Mojave Desert." As I have posted elsewhere on the role our government plays in compounding our disputes over differing preferences...
On the main Mises blog, Bob Murphy has just advocated opening ANWR and the OCS to oil and natural gas exploration and development , for the purpose of providing "rapid relief at the pump". As my comment has been held up - it only had two links for Pete's sake! - I've decided to post...
It's long been obvious that: (1) government policy concerning the use of public lands is highly bureaucratized, often inept and subject to behind the scenes sweet deals favoring insiders; (2) discussions about how the public lands should be used often very politicized; (3) politicization is especially...