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Greenberg: A Novice Congressional Candidate Blows it on Energy Politics

March 25, 2026 7:16 amMarch 25, 2026 7:16 am

The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway separating Iran from Oman and the United Arab Emirates, is a critical global chokepoint. Roughly 25% of the world’s seaborne oil trade, about 20 million barrels per day, normally passes through it. Today...

The Collateral Damage from the War on Oil!

March 25, 2026 6:52 amMarch 25, 2026 6:52 am

I am hoping that none of you are fooled into believing that the recent gasoline price spikes at the pump are due to the war with Iran, because nothing could be further from the truth as it effects California. Our...

Mamdani Proposes ‘White Homes’ Estate Tax; California Pushes Billionaire Tax

March 24, 2026 8:12 amMarch 24, 2026 12:22 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is attempting to increase the estate tax “by lowering the exemption to $750,000 from its current value of $7.1 million” and massively raising the “top rate from 16% to 50%,” proclaiming his own apartheid. $750,000...

Debate: Are Schools Failing at Civic Education – And is That Driving Today’s Political Divide?

March 23, 2026 9:00 amMarch 24, 2026 6:50 am

Is the failure of civic education the primary cause of ideological partisanship in society? That was the question in a debate Thursday hosted by Pepperdine University and The Steamboat Institute, centered around a question that’s becoming increasingly relevant across Los...

Activists in Black Robes: America’s Shadow Legislature

March 22, 2026 9:15 amMarch 22, 2026 9:15 am

There is a reason the Founders gave Article III judges lifetime appointments and no army. They were supposed to interpret law quietly, not rewrite it loudly. On June 9, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, an Obama appointee sitting...

The Vietnam Mirage: Why Claims of a U.S. Quagmire in Iran Are Fundamentally Misguided

March 21, 2026 4:48 pmMarch 21, 2026 4:48 pm

In the weeks since the joint U.S./Israeli military campaign against Iran began, a familiar chorus has risen from left-wing cable-news panels and op-ed pages. Commentators warn that America has been “dragged into another Vietnam”, a grinding, open-ended conflict that will...

Parents Take Notice: The Illusion of Safe Downloads Is Over

March 21, 2026 4:00 amMarch 21, 2026 4:01 am

There was a time when downloading a video game felt like harmless fun. Today, it can feel a lot closer to opening a suspicious email attachment in 2005. The recent revelation that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating malware...