NPR and PBS need to play ball for federal funding

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July 02, 2025

NPR and PBS need to play ball for federal funding

Public media stations across the country are using their airwaves to urge listeners and viewers to write to their senators to hold off the impending end to federal funds for the systems. It’s a practical strategy, but a limited and nearsighted one. It’s correct that if even a handful of Republican senators resist the proposed […]

Make America patriotic again

Real patriotism in America isn’t just dying. It’s being actively euthanized, often by the same elite class that benefits most from its existence. In living memory, patriotism, the love and devotion for one’s country, appeared alive and well, as people waved flags, stood for the national anthem, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance in school […]

How cities skirt the law on paying for property damage

By law, public agencies must pay when they damage private property. But Melisa and Michael Robinson received nothing after the local sewer board damaged their mobile home park in Okay, Oklahoma. Leaving messes for others to clean up saves money. So, public agencies use various tricks to dodge the Fifth Amendment, which requires “just compensation” […]

NEPA is broken, but the states can help fix it

President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act on New Year’s Day in 1970. The law responded to demands for broad environmental analyses for major federal projects. Environmental concerns, such as a burning Cuyahoga River, fueled its overwhelming passage by Congress. NEPA, as initially drafted, made sense. Since then, however, NEPA has undergone a […]

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