Ronald Stein Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. cfact.org Can it be true that California, in pursuit of reduced emissions from internal combustion engine vehicles, has mandated that heavier EV cars
The peasants are revolting! From Hungary to Argentina, the Netherlands to Italy, the hoi polloi are arking up against their self-appointed meritocratic overlords. Urban workers and rural farmers alike are realising that they’re being shafted by the elites, and making common cause. And the elite don’t like it.
February 5th, 2024 I read with interest Lushington’s piece on the UK Bomber Command in the Second World War. My father served with Bomber Command, being a rear gunner with 76 Squadron out of Linton-on-Ouse airfield near York. He related to me that most of his fellow servicemen hated
January 30th, 2024 Having had a welcome break, if not an exactly relaxing time over the holidays, I started this letter to bring my comments on UK events up to speed. Unfortunately, there is far too much to comment on, as Rishi Sunak continues to display even greater levels of
Is the Biden administration preparing to pull the worst betrayal of an ally by a Western nation since Czechoslovakia was dismembered and handed to the Hitler regime? In 1938, Chamberlain and Deladier cravenly sold out the Czechs in a futile attempt to mollify Hitler’s aggressive avarice. In 2024, Joe
One of the most disastrous conceits of modern times is the assumption that computers are somehow infallible. This foolish assumption is usually made by people who, like monkeys banging a gun on a nut to crack it, don’t really understand the tools they are using. Just as the gun
Kathleen Marquardt cfact.org Over 200 million in the UK will be unable to pay their energy bills this winter, and the government is suggesting they purchase green housing or renovate their homes to be climate change friendly. In an article at CURRENT News, the British independent charity organization Citizens
As George Orwell wrote in 1943, in response to “progressive” hand-wringing over the bombing of German cities, “all talk of ‘limiting’ or ‘humanizing’ war is sheer humbug”. The opponents of the bombing, Orwell noted, still wanted the war to be won — they were not so foolish, at least, as to
If there was one left-wing politician I’ve always had a lot of respect for it was Roy Jenkins. He was a UK Labour MP, albeit on the right wing of the party, a cabinet minister in the Wilson Governments; Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was then
Tim Donner libertynation.com For those who accept the well-worn but dubious assertion that liberty is worth compromising for the sake of security, we present, a quarter of a millennium later, the Boston Tea Party. It was December 16, 1773. Restless colonists, patriots willing to go beyond unrest and betrayal
December 11th, 2023 As the year draws to a close, various conflicts around the world are getting more active and even my little bit of rural England has seen a couple of Palestinian flags on display in the high street. I had an interesting conversation in London last week about
December 4th, 2023 My letter today is going to be a bit of a ramble, a stream-of-consciousness piece highlighting areas of concern to me as a resident of this green and pleasant land. I have had marches inflicted on me by pro-Palestinian supporters and “unbiased peace promoters”. The instigators of
El Gato Malo El gato malo is a pseudonym for an account that has been posting on pandemic policies from the outset. AKA a notorious internet feline with strong views on data and liberty. brownstone.org Well, that sure does maybe explain why so much of this felt like a
Mike Fairclough Mike’s successful 20-year career in education ended when he questioned vaccine policy for schoolchildren. He has been investigated by his employer, and he has since taken his employer to the employment tribunal. brownstone.org During the Covid-19 pandemic, I was the only serving UK headteacher or school
November 26th 2023 A lot has been going on in the UK this past week, so this letter just gives a few snippets of the chaos that is stifling the breath out of the UK. At first, I thought that events and actions by the Government, both Central and Local
Dear Editor I thought I would reach out to you as you have taken an interest in the truth about matters. Lois Bayliss is a solicitor, practising in England, with a 17-year unblemished record as a medical negligence lawyer. She has been acting pro bono in relation to challenging the
