Orange County Register
DEA stonewalling is allowing cannabis black markets to thrive
Walk into a few downtown bodegas or corner stores in a moderately sized American town, and you’ll likely find at least one selling some kind of cannabis product. Whether it’s CBD, Delta-8, HHC, or another synthetic derived from the cannabis plant, the simple truth is that these products are now openly bought, traded, and sold…
It’s time to end California’s green regulatory grip on American consumers
When the average driver in St. Louis, Orlando, or Des Moines goes to buy a new car, they would be forgiven for thinking they have a wide range of choices for their next automobile. Whether they know it or not, the cars on local dealership lots had to pass several layers of fuel economy regulations,…
Climate lawyers could control the future of American energy, not consumers
When we think of American energy, we conjure up images of oil drillers, refineries, pipelines, and end products we put into our cars or the plastic products we use daily. There are millions of jobs and billions of products sourced from energy production that make our society abundant and wealthy. That’s especially true today under…
Legal attacks on fossil fuels will only make us poorer
Nearly half of all US states have pledged to go totally carbon-free by at least 2050. While many states and the federal government are pushing and subsidizing entrepreneurs to scale up carbon-free alternatives to fossil fuels such as nuclear energy, wind, and solar – other states are hoping to reach their goals by seemingly suing oil…
Environmentalist conceit on basic forest management will bring more devastation
When we see the thousands of people impacted by flames that have engulfed forests and homes in Hawaii, or across the vast wilderness of western Canada and California, it is easy to be both shocked and angry. Pristine forests, homes, and entire villages no longer exist as they once did. In Lahaina, the area most…