LFTC - Letter From The Capitol

Nuclear Fading, Shale Rising

Can Ohio replace Fukushima?....

"It's the Pipeline, Stupid!"

GOP senators introduce Keystone XL pipeline bill....

"It's the Oil & Gas, Stupid!"

Hydrocarbon Heaven v. Obama's Green Hell....

'It's the Entitlements, Stupid!"

Taxes do not drive income inequality....

Energy: Lose the Greens

Hydrocarbons still dominate....

ISRAEL's Gold Rush

Will Israel be the next energy superpower?,,,,

Energy's New Petro-Mega-Market

Tired of OPEC dependency?  Help is near....

Globalization Implodes: Will We?

Globalization's downside at Hell's Gate....

O's Picks, Kagan & (Yes) Palin

Should Justice Kagan vote on ObamaCare?....

Cain v. GOP Field & Bill Clinton

An extraordinary exchange on health care costs....

Social Security, Charles Ponzi, and How It Crashed

Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?...Yes and no....

Steve Jobs: Info-Age Humanist

He left us tragically soon, his work changed us....

Obama's Hidden Vote?

Who might be The One's newest voters?....

Hurricane Irene's Near Miss

The northeast barely dodged a monster H-bomb....

Medicare, Social Security & the Debt Ceiling

Paul Ryan grilled HHS Sec'y Sebelius superbly....

America 2011: Dependency Nation

Startling income-source numbers tell a sorry tale....

Israel Leads the Way; We Recede; Arabs Founder

The Israel Americans do not know....

Japan: The Cruel Price of Nuclear Cover-Ups & Screw-Ups

Japan's industry & gov't lied about nuke safety...

Nuclear Disaster in Japan

Will Japan's nuclear meltdown kill US nuclear power?

IRAN: Would a Bushehr Reactor Meltdown be Chernobyl II?

If the Bushehr's core melts down, what happens?....

A Republican Program

An American ally shows the way for the GOP....

2011's Ominous European Portent

What imperils US economic recovery in 2011?....

Is Oil Obsolete?

Green energy fantasies meet petro-reality....

Al Gore's Dream School Site

LA's new enviro-school will sit on a toxic waste dump!...

Education Bright Light

I find little to cheer about re education.  Here is one item to give good cheer....

ObamaCare: 100-Day Report Card

Two GOP senators, both doctors, grade ObamaCare's first 100 days: flunk!....

Dopey Feds: Gulf Spillover & Homeland Security Imbecilities

Read how Team Obama refused instant expert help, to protect unions & placate enviro-fools, and scream....

Prepare to Meet Thy Doom!

We are overdue for an Asteroid Catastrophe....

Federal Judge Drills Obama's Deepwater Drilling Ban

A federal judge blasted an agency order to halt deep Gulf drilling for 6 months....

America's $130 Trillion Future

America's official federal national debt is some $13TR, but America's real load may be $130TR....

Afghanistan: "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills!"

Afghanistan, graveyard of empires, has $1TR in buried mineral treasure too.  Which means....

America's Exploding Debt/Tax Bomb

By 2012 total US public debt will exceed US Gross Domestic Product, and there are more ominous signs...

Solar Storms: Coming Catastrophe?

NASA sees rising solar storm activity increasingly endangering vital global communications....

Market Crash Dive: Financial Doomsday Augury?

The recent monster market mini-crash exposes serious flaws in the world trading system.  Why we should expect more like it....

Greek Mythology & Reality in A.D. 2010

A Washington Post op-ed from two financial policy mavens offers us five myths about the Greek debt crisis, that Americans should understand....

Offshore Oil: "Drill, Britain, Drill!"

Good news overseas, bad news back home, on the offshore oil front....

Gulf Oil Spill Spillover

Offshore oil drilling will continue all around the world, even if the US curtails planned new drilling....

Energy expert Robert Bryce offers 7 cogent observations on the Gulf Oil spill....

Gulf Oil Spill: Aussie Augury

Bad news mounts re Gulf Oil spill....

Wall Street Wiseguys & Washington Wisdom

In a 16-minute video CNBC financial anchor Dylan Ratigan eviscerates the unholy trinity of hedge fund, insurance company & government players who colluded to reap huge insider profits, at the expense of outsiders unaware of clandestine collusion by those pushing complex financial instruments.  There is more shocking news....

Earth Day + 40: Running on Empty

Scientist Richard Lindzen sees climate change discredited as Earth Day turns 40.  It is, to me, no coincidence that Earth Day, which sparked a revolution that changed politics, comes on the anniversary date of another revolutionary who changed politics, Lenin.  Both revolutions championed government control over individuals.  Neither change was for the better.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, 9/11, Economy, Climate Change, Conservative Politics

A Pet Swan for Al Gore

The Daily Telegraph reports on an obnoxious swan bedeviling Cambridge rowers.  Maybe Al Gore needs a pet....

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, Climate Change, Conservative Politics

Iceland's Ash: Mother Nature's Message to Al Gore

Reuters reports that Iceland's volcanic tremors are increasing; the news agency offers scenarios as to how the Icelandic volcanic ash problem will play out....It can get a lot worse....

Taxes: Locking in American Decline

Mark Steyn at NRO details the key tax policies driving America into permanent economic decline.  Juxtapose the lopsided 75 percent share of income tax revenues collected from the top 10 percent of income filers with the number of taxpayers who pay zero taxes now 47 percent & soon to cross 50 percent, thus creating a permanent beneficiary class who benefit from spending now matter how high deficits soar, and America's grand run looks to be over.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, Economy, Conservative Politics

Pick the Next Eco-Panic!

WSJ pundit Bret Stephens sees global warming cooling down, and offers readers a contest: pick the next eco-panic started by the Greens, and win a lunch in NYC with him!!  Enjoy a witty sally at Gore & Friends.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, Climate Change, Conservative Politics

Subprime Mortgage Meltdown: How One Fund Manager Saw It Coming

Michael Barry made tons of money betting for several years that the sub-prime mortgage market would collapse in 2007.  He explains why he foresaw it, and asks why the Fed & top economists did not foresee it.  A bracing op-ed.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, Economy, Conservative Politics

March 2010 Jobs Gain: What Does It Mean?

The Washington Post headlines that the jobless rate may climb as more unemployed re-enter the job-search market.  Long-term unemployment (over 6 months) has reached record levels.  But the WP, while citing Team Obama officials on the Sunday shows, ignored points made by critics that paint a fuller picture....

ObamaCare: Lethal Medicine for Jobs

Hudson scholar and former labor economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth debunks the job-creation claims made on behalf of ObamaCare.  Higher costs, fewer tax breaks, you get the picture.  MD Stanley Goldfarb explains why the newly-insured will not decrease their use of emergency room care.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, 9/11, Economy, Conservative Politics

Fundamental Science: Europe Leads, America Secedes

So you don't care about the success of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, with a record-setting energy collision that was the strongest since the Big Bang?  Well, you should....

Arctic Ice Pack Above Normal in 2010!!

More bad news for Al Gore: Arctic ice comeback this year.  Polar bears win, Al Gore loses again.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, Foreign Policy, UN, Economy, Climate Change, Conservative Politics

Will Inconvenient Icelandic Truth Put Global Warming on Ice?

Two volcanoes on Iceland are making signs of a major eruption.  Prior episodes at times had significant climate cooling impact, as in the late 18th century.  Al Gore may discover a Truly Inconvenient Truth.

Letter from the Capitol, LFTC, Economy, Climate Change, Conservative Politics