Articles by: Ann Belden

You wake up and hear on the news that the Government is going to start powering their Navy ships with $26-a-gallon biofuel.  Then you read that the EPA is fining oil refiners for not using a “green” additive that hasn’t been produced yet. You check the calendar to make sure it’s not April Fools’ Day.  [...]

On May 17, and again on May 18, 2012, Vice President Joe Biden went on a rant claiming, “They don’t get us! They don’t get who we are!” He claimed “they,” meaning the Republican Party, doesn’t get “us” poor and middle class people. His comments were a baiting of class envy, inciting the average American [...]

March 21, 2012 was a great day for the freedom of the Sacketts and the American people. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled against the EPA.  The story started when the Sacketts purchased a parcel of land to build their dream home. The EPA told them they could not build there because the [...]

You are getting sleepy, very sleepy.  One million, six billion…you are getting sleepy…500 billion, 15 trillion, you are getting very sleepy. This is how a hypnotist works the mind to bend to his suggestions.  Repetitive information starts to lose its significance after hearing it over and over again. One million, one trillion, what’s the difference?  [...]

You work hard, you buy the land and start planning for your dream home.  Not so fast!  The EPA has a problem with your plan and is about to ruin your dreams. In 2005, Chantell and Mike Sackett started to build their dream home near the shores of Priest Lake, Idaho. But an anonymous call [...]

Qantas Airlines, the 10th largest airline in the world, shut down 100% of their operations on October 29, 2011.  This was in response to a long labor dispute.  Rolling strikes in recent months had forced cancellations of 600 flights, disrupting 70,000 passengers at a cost of 70 million Australian dollars ($75 million U.S.).[1]  The unions [...]

On April 22, 1970 the first Earth Day was born.  I remember as a little girl thinking that planting a new little tree was a good way to get out of the schoolroom for a little while. Who doesn’t love trees? I even learned in class that trees and plants were necessary for clean air.  [...]

Is not making a decision, making a decision?  This week President Obama decided to not make a decision about the Keystone Pipeline.  What a set of conflicts he faced! The Pipeline has its own unique sets of controversy: Environmentalists don’t want the pipeline built. Unions are all in favor of a project that really is [...]