Paul Driessen

By Paul Driessen February 6, 2016 Obama, Democrats and bureaucrats bury America’s future under more federal regulations America’s abysmal 0.7% economic growth during the fourth quarter of 2015 meant the annual growth rate was an anemic 2.4% … and average annual growth for the six-year Obama era a pathetic 2.2 percent. This is “dead last … Read more

By Paul Driessen Dec. 17. 2015 Omnibus budget deal ends oil export ban, perpetuates renewable subsidies, redistributes wealth President Reagan once said, “The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.” The omnibus budget package being negotiated on Capitol Hill is a perfect example. The wheeling and … Read more

By Paul Driessen and Dr. Roger Bezdek But Obama still wants to send US energy use and living standards backward Paris climate talks this week descended into madcap all-night negotiations, as delegates desperately tried to salvage some kind of agreement beyond empty promises to do something sometime about what President Obama insists is the gravest … Read more

By Paul Driessen Dec. 9, 2015 If alarmists get what they want at the climate gabfest, the consequences will be disastrous The Senate will not approve or appropriate money for anything President Obama might agree to in Paris, and developing countries will not (and should not) stop building coal-fired power plants and using fossil fuels … Read more

By Paul Driessen Dec. 6, 2015 You can guess what would happen if you used the same tactics that climate alarmists employ Suppose you’ve been using some creative data, accounting and legal interpretations for years to reduce your tax bill – and the IRS suddenly flags you for a full-blown audit. Instead of trembling in … Read more

By Paul Driessen Nov. 28, 2015 The tasty birds are affordable. Government turkeys enrich crony corporatists, but cost us dearly. To commemorate Thanksgiving – and garner First Family photo ops – presidents often host Rose Garden ceremonies, where they “pardon” a turkey, before sitting down to dine on one of its cousins. In fact, Americans … Read more

By Paul Driessen Nov. 15, 2015 Manufactured climate crisis fears and renewable energy schemes create gold mine for the rich Renewable Portfolio Standard advocates recently held their 2015 National Summit. The draft RPS agenda suggests it was quite an event – populated by bureaucrats, scientists and consultants who have jumped on the climate and “green … Read more

By Paul Driessen Nov. 8, 2015 Obama cronies get abundant favors – at the expense of working class Americans Liberals love to extol their deep compassion for the poor, whom conservatives allegedly don’t give a fig about. Thus our Community-Organizer-in-Chief pontificates endlessly about income inequality, to justify his determination to “fundamentally transform” our nation, so … Read more

By Paul Driessen Nov. 1, 2015 We should lead from behind – instead of with brains in our behinds – on this new Treaty of Paris What an unpalatable irony. The 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War and created the United States. The 2015 Treaty of Paris could end what’s left of our … Read more

By Paul Driessen Oct. 18, 2015 Pursuing an agenda of intolerance and retribution against critics of their ultra-liberal policies As Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition for 15 years, Tomas de Torquemada presided over the interrogation, torture, imprisonment and execution of thousands, for the “crimes” of religious heresy and pretended conversion to Christianity. Historian Sebastián … Read more