by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel When Congress authorized nearly $400 billion in climate subsidies, the bill was called the “Inflation Reduction Act,” though it had nothing to do with inflation. The 2001 “Patriot Act” was about expanding government surveillance powers, not patriotism. The massive new federal health insurance program [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Washington Evening Star humorist Philander Chase Johnson created a great character named Senator Sorghum. A 1902 piece called “A Delicate Distinction” had one character saying, “That friend of yours seems to have a clear conscience.” Senator Sorghum answered, “No, not a clear conscience; merely [...]
Click here to download a complete PDF version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XLVIII: Summer 2025. Click headlines for the full article. Pulling The Plug On Liberal Org’s Dark Money Empire by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Caller The Gates Foundation’s sudden $450 million divorce from Arabella Advisors isn’t about [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel This week’s withdrawal of President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) provides an opportunity, not just for a new nominee but for a new approach to the whole Colorado River management mess. It is an opportunity the White House and Interior [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel John B. Finch, a 19th century prohibition activist, originated the expression, “your right to swing your arm ends just where my nose begins.” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes often used similar analogies to argue that personal freedoms do not extend to injuring the safety or [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Last week when some marauding teens bashed a mailbox with a bat, angry neighbors posted on nextdoor.com, “there needs to be a law against that.” Is that just an impulse reaction, or do they really not know there is a law against that. Since [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel All my adult life, presidents have talked about energy independence. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Regan — even presidents like Biden and Obama, who did everything they could to stop domestic energy production. But on both sides, changing policies is said to be as difficult as [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel A land ownership checkerboard exists in nearly every state because of an oddity called “state school trust lands.” The federal government granted those lands at the time of statehood, under the Land Ordinance of 1785. Thomas Jefferson’s system divides and records land into townships, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Bonnie Sue Hitchcock, critically acclaimed author of “Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town,” says people always want someone to blame in a tragedy. It is pearl of wisdom universally and invariably true. This year’s wildfires, including two catastrophic fires in Rio Blanco County, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel If the teenager wrecks the car four times, parents don’t generally reward him with a newer and more expensive model. If a salesman doesn’t sell a single product, owners do not promote him to sales manager. If a businessman flops with three consecutive startups, [...]
