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Why Gas Prices Are High When We’re Energy Independent

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It confuses many people. Myself included. I will attempt to simplify these complex concepts so that even I can grasp them.

Oil is a globally priced commodity. Pump prices in the U.S. follow world supply and demand without concern for how much we produce. People often ask why the pump price goes up so quickly even when the gas at the station was bought at a lower price. The price at the pump does not reflect the price paid but the replacement cost. The same principle applies in reverse.

A Title Can Make You the Boss. It Cannot Make You a Leader.

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I’ve seen it happen more times than I can count.

Someone works hard, gets results, and finally receives the promotion they’ve been chasing. They get a new office, a new title, and maybe even a shiny new nameplate on the door.

And somewhere along the way, they make a dangerous assumption: Now I’m a leader.

Not necessarily.

Spectrum Policy Should Demonstrate: Gov and Biz Can Co-Exist Wisely and Well

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A fortnight ago I highlighted an inter-businesses solution that was achieved nigh entirely without DC involvement.

The airline and cell phone industries sat down with each other and reached mutually beneficial solutions to problems that arise because they both utilize wireless spectrum.

When Uncle Sam Ordered a Sewing Machine Company to Make a .45

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Before America entered World War II, Uncle Sam looked at the Singer Sewing Machine Company and essentially asked, “Nice factory. Can you make a .45?” The result was just 500 Singer M1911A1 pistols—one of today’s great military-firearms collectibles. Singer wasn’t forced into gunmaking by the Defense Production Act; that law wouldn’t exist until 1950. Instead, the Army paid civilian companies to learn military production before the shooting started. It was industrial mobilization with refreshingly little mystery: you cannot surge a factory you don’t have.

COST CRACKDOWN: Dr Oz says Trump REFUSED to pay more than Europe, Asia for prescription drugs

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CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz discusses President Donald Trump’s expanded drug discount deals with 26 drugmakers and explains how the agreements could save Americans more than $600 billion on ‘The Evening Edit.’

IRAN EYES MIDTERMS: Tehran may want prolonged war for Trump defeat in November

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As President Donald Trump teases hard retaliation against Iran after the two sides traded strikes over the weekend, some observers think the ‘failed regime’ believes in can outlast the U.S. and influence the outcome of the midterm elections.

Stockholders Union

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Our income is under attack from both the right and left. The socialist left wants corporate profits to be restricted with higher taxes while the Trump administration has been intimidating corps to lower prices – both plans mean less income to pay their shareholders. Corporations use their gross income (profit before tax) for capital improvements and research. What remains after taxes is paid out as dividends to the owners (stockholders). Anyone who has common stock – either personally, in trust or in a retirement account – is at risk of losing income when publicly traded companies encounter reduced profits.

Shockingly Underreported News and Commentary for the Week of 16 August

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The Democrat-media complex have buried these

This is the third post in the ongoing weekly feature that highlights news and commentary on important geopolitical, cultural, and economic issues that the Democrat-media complex buries because they expose the hypocrisies associated with the continuing Marxist-Democrat narrative. Everything is properly sourced and linked for follow-up reading, whether from legacy media, independent sources, or social media.

Airlines and Wireless Solved Their Problem – Amongst Themselves. Not Fighting It Out in DC

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There are, conservatively, a trillion problems a day that arise in the United States. I would, as a conservative, like government involved in as few of them as possible.

But because government at all levels is so huge? It crowds out all the private spaces – and with them the perception that private solutions are possible.

Goodbye Lawyers: The Last Billable Hour

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The horse didn’t disappear when the automobile arrived. It simply stopped being essential. Artificial intelligence may be forcing the legal profession into a similar reckoning. When a $20 monthly subscription can research case law, organize evidence, draft motions, and explain legal procedure, the age of the billable hour may finally be facing its greatest challenge. Somewhere, an attorney is still billing in six-minute increments while AI has already finished the paperwork.

A Lot Of Things Just Do Not Make Sense

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“There’s a lot of things in this ole’ world that just do not make sense.” Those are the opening words of our WCN TV theme song. WCN TV is our weekly internet talk show that airs live every Tuesday at 5 pm central time. You can watch live — and be a part of the interactive conversation when you tune in at WCNTV.net . You can also watch any time, by going to our TV website or by viewing on Rumble.com. Just search for “WCN TV.”

Dear Trump & Kudlow: This Is Not ‘A Golden Age.’ Your Delusions Fuel the Rise of the Democrat Socialists (DSA)

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Yesterday – on Sunday, because the Internet never rests? I received in my inbox an op-ed from Larry Kudlow.

For those of you who don’t know…:

“Lawrence Alan Kudlow is an American conservative broadcast news analyst, economist, columnist, journalist, political commentator, and radio personality. He is a financial news commentator for Fox Business and served as the director of the National Economic Council during the Trump administration from 2018 to 2021.”

I’ve met Larry. He is a very nice guy.

That said: Kudlow is a standard-issue Washington, DC center-right economy guy. He is exactly the type of Republican economist – that is killing the Republican Party.

Kudlow’s economic messaging – is the Republicans’ economic messaging. And it is more tone deaf than a year’s worth of nationwide karaoke contests.