When you buy a new internal combustion vehicle, you are also paying for someone else’s electric vehicle. While the subsidies are egregious enough, it turns out EV manufacturers are fleecing us out of billions, and doing it with government help. Attorneys Michael Buschbacher and James Conde explain at The Wall Street Journal: When carmakers test gasoline-powered […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1292252309-scaled.jpg17092560Craig Ruckerhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig Rucker2024-01-28 00:30:412024-01-27 07:37:55Electric Vehicles Are Fleecing Us Out Of Billions
Recently The Prickly Pear ran an article by Oren Cass called Free Trade’s Origin Myth. Then we ran a rejoinder entitled On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility by Donald Boudreaux, a staunch defender of free trade. As someone quite supportive of free markets, and free trade, we found reading both a bit disturbing. Furthermore, it […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/port.jpg339509Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-01-25 00:30:542024-01-23 11:23:52Is Free Enterprise At Home More Important Than Free Trade Abroad?
The Left is constantly warning us about the dangers of losing our democracy. They were convinced The Orange Man (Donald Trump) was going to steal our democracy for four years and if elected again will finally complete his goal of becoming a strongman autocrat. One major publication changed its tagline to say that “Democracy Dies in Darkness” while keeping people in the dark. As usual, this is just a head fake as they have little interest in the process of democracy in our country.
At Harvard University in the late 1930s, the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam used to tease the economist and future Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson, “Name me one proposition in all of the social sciences which is both true and non-trivial.” It took Samuelson years but, eventually, an answer occurred to him: the Ricardian theory of comparative […]
Ford’s struggles in the EV market are an important reminder of who the real boss is in a free-market economy. It’s not Ford. And it’s certainly not the federal government. Last month Ford announced it was slashing in half its production goal for its most popular electrical vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup truck. Bloomberg News reported that the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1348631007.jpg14142120Jon Miltimorehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJon Miltimore2024-01-16 00:28:432024-01-16 11:45:03Why the EV Market Is Sputtering
Like most of the mainstream newspapers, the Wall Street Journal regularly runs stories about global warming. On January 10, 2024, they ran a piece, “Last Year’s Global Temperatures Set a Record.” We will ignore for the moment the questionable utility of “global temperature”, and that they have hit record highs, Rather, we wish to focus […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1333718098.jpg14142121Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-01-15 00:32:462024-01-16 11:49:35Only You Can Prevent Forest Fallacies
The global climate is always changing, but contrary to the popular narrative, the science of the exact causes is far from settled. Alarmists claim that humans burning fossil fuels for energy will catastrophically ruin the climate, and they demand a “net-zero” future to save the world. What would happen if the climate alarmists succeeded in the United […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/kerry.jpg504706Tyler O'Neilhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngTyler O'Neil2024-01-15 00:30:172024-01-13 06:43:35What Would Happen if Climate Alarmists Enact Their Full US Agenda?
Editors’ Note: You may think that these are national and international issues only. They are not. Your selection of who serves on the Arizona Corporation Commission is critical. In our Federal system, thankfully, still, some of these decisions are made on a state level. Arizona does not want to follow California or Europe in matters […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1316669671-1.jpg14142121Editors of CFACThttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngEditors of CFACT2024-01-12 00:28:072024-01-12 12:31:37New Report Highlights Green Failure In Europe And Warns America
Picking through my scrambled eggs while reading The Wall Street Journal is not my best habit. But, there could be worse. I could be reading the New York Times. What caught my attention was an ad for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. It pictures a mommy and baby polar bear with the banner headline: […]
I guess someone on the other side finally took notice of what I have been trying to show for nearly a year now about volcanoes. It’s a “fact” check on my ideas on the increase in geothermal input as a prime driver of the warming, That input warms the oceans. I am writing this in […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/underseavol.jpg480640Joe Bastardihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJoe Bastardi2024-01-11 00:26:372024-01-10 06:43:21I Must Be Getting Over The Target [A Reality Check on Climate Change]
Electric Vehicles Are Fleecing Us Out Of Billions
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Personal Finance, Politics/by Craig RuckerWhen you buy a new internal combustion vehicle, you are also paying for someone else’s electric vehicle. While the subsidies are egregious enough, it turns out EV manufacturers are fleecing us out of billions, and doing it with government help. Attorneys Michael Buschbacher and James Conde explain at The Wall Street Journal: When carmakers test gasoline-powered […]
Is Free Enterprise At Home More Important Than Free Trade Abroad?
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelRecently The Prickly Pear ran an article by Oren Cass called Free Trade’s Origin Myth. Then we ran a rejoinder entitled On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility by Donald Boudreaux, a staunch defender of free trade. As someone quite supportive of free markets, and free trade, we found reading both a bit disturbing. Furthermore, it […]
No Interest in Democracy
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyThe Left is constantly warning us about the dangers of losing our democracy. They were convinced The Orange Man (Donald Trump) was going to steal our democracy for four years and if elected again will finally complete his goal of becoming a strongman autocrat. One major publication changed its tagline to say that “Democracy Dies in Darkness” while keeping people in the dark. As usual, this is just a head fake as they have little interest in the process of democracy in our country.
Weekend Read: Free Trade’s Origin Myth
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Oren CassAt Harvard University in the late 1930s, the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam used to tease the economist and future Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson, “Name me one proposition in all of the social sciences which is both true and non-trivial.” It took Samuelson years but, eventually, an answer occurred to him: the Ricardian theory of comparative […]
Why the EV Market Is Sputtering
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Liberty, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreFord’s struggles in the EV market are an important reminder of who the real boss is in a free-market economy. It’s not Ford. And it’s certainly not the federal government. Last month Ford announced it was slashing in half its production goal for its most popular electrical vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup truck. Bloomberg News reported that the […]
Only You Can Prevent Forest Fallacies
/in Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelLike most of the mainstream newspapers, the Wall Street Journal regularly runs stories about global warming. On January 10, 2024, they ran a piece, “Last Year’s Global Temperatures Set a Record.” We will ignore for the moment the questionable utility of “global temperature”, and that they have hit record highs, Rather, we wish to focus […]
What Would Happen if Climate Alarmists Enact Their Full US Agenda?
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Tyler O'NeilThe global climate is always changing, but contrary to the popular narrative, the science of the exact causes is far from settled. Alarmists claim that humans burning fossil fuels for energy will catastrophically ruin the climate, and they demand a “net-zero” future to save the world. What would happen if the climate alarmists succeeded in the United […]
New Report Highlights Green Failure In Europe And Warns America
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Editors of CFACTEditors’ Note: You may think that these are national and international issues only. They are not. Your selection of who serves on the Arizona Corporation Commission is critical. In our Federal system, thankfully, still, some of these decisions are made on a state level. Arizona does not want to follow California or Europe in matters […]
Global Warming Nonsense Is Everywhere
/in Education, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelPicking through my scrambled eggs while reading The Wall Street Journal is not my best habit. But, there could be worse. I could be reading the New York Times. What caught my attention was an ad for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. It pictures a mommy and baby polar bear with the banner headline: […]
I Must Be Getting Over The Target [A Reality Check on Climate Change]
/in Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Joe BastardiI guess someone on the other side finally took notice of what I have been trying to show for nearly a year now about volcanoes. It’s a “fact” check on my ideas on the increase in geothermal input as a prime driver of the warming, That input warms the oceans. I am writing this in […]