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Notice to Readers from Rob Natelson 0
- February 10, 2022
Salon.com issued a defamatory article it has refused to correct.
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Defending the Constitution: Why the Framers Thought Ratification by Only Nine States Was Sufficient 0
- October 2, 2022
Why nine? Because any combination of nine states (even the nine with the smallest populations) would comprise a majority of American citizens.
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Don’t Get Used to the Recent Drop in Gas Prices 0
- September 29, 2022
Despite Governor Polis’s last minute hand-wringing, the EPA has announced that expensive new gasoline requirements will absolutely be coming to the Denver Metro area. According to the Colorado Sun: The Environmental Protection Agency can’t let Colorado off the hook for imposing more expensive reformulated gas to fight ozone pollution beginning in 2024, the agency said in
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Don’t Let Anyone Tell You Nuclear Takes Too Long to Build 0
- September 28, 2022
I’ve extolled the virtues of nuclear energy for its reliability, clean emissions, efficient land use, “just transition” potential, and energy security upside on several occasions. I’ve even documented why many of the fears surrounding nuclear and aversion to its deployment are often irrational and misguided. But one of the legitimate, good-faith critiques of nuclear is
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The Tax and Regulate Reality Behind Governor Polis’s Libertarian Image 0
- September 26, 2022
To what extent is Jared Polis a pro-liberty or libertarian governor? Here we can take “libertarian” broadly to mean support for free markets and personal liberties. There is no precise measure of the “libertarianness” of Polis’s various policies and actions that might yield some overall objective score. Some of his policies and actions are pro-liberty,
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Sky High Gas Bills Coming This Winter 0
- September 23, 2022
Last week I wrote about the costs and consequences of underrating natural gas infrastructure, which are currently most pronounced in New England this winter in the form of exorbitant bills and inadequate supply. But it turns out Colorado, while being in better shape than our northeastern counterparts, is not immune to the disruptions roiling the
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Understanding the Constitution: Originalism was not invented by partisan Republicans 0
- September 23, 2022
In constitutional law, the methods applied by “progressives” are the new, partisan inventions. Originalism is the standard bequeathed by the ages.
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