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OP-ED: Did President Biden “shut down” American energy? Hardly

President Joe Biden “shut down American energy,” Rep. Steve Scalise hollered with great confidence. The Louisiana Republican was nominating Kevin McCarthy for House speaker when he appended some commentary unburdened by facts.Scalise painted a sad, sad picture of American families “who ...

COVID only accelerated blue state exodus

Where are Americans moving? And where, to make things more specific, have Americans been moving since the sudden onset of COVID lockdowns? Answers to these questions come from the annual Christmastime release of the Census BureauĢƵ estimates of the population of the 50 states and the District ...

Greg Abbott actions earn him Scrooge status

On Christmas Eve in Washington, D.C., the temperature plunged to 15 degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest on record. In our neighborhood, people were admonishing their neighbors for leaving dogs outside too long. “ItĢƵ friggin’ 15 degrees!”And yet, the governor of Texas nonetheless decided to ...

Freeze state gas tax, or dedicate it

Pennsylvania lawmakers have a remarkable talent for evading accountability.They won’t increase the state governmentĢƵ percentage of school funding because that would require increases in state taxes. Instead, they leave it to local school boards to raise property taxes and absorb the ...

Greene D.A. mum on SWAT team

We all agree that the safety of our children and citizens is the top priority of elected officials, and certainly a faster, well-coordinated response to any threatening incident is a necessity.For decades, the Incident Command System has provided a standardized approach to the command, control, ...

Oh, what a tangled web we weave

George Santos tells whoppers.That would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.The 34-year-old Republican is about to become a brand-new U.S. congressman from New YorkĢƵ Third Congressional District.Unfortunately, heĢƵ already carrying a lot of baggage.Santos has difficulty proving that anything in ...