Category: H. Sterling Burnett

Since 1997, more than 30 cities and counties have sued firearm manufacturers in an attempt to force manufacturers to change the way they make and sell guns.

If oil were the primary concern of U.S. foreign policy in Iraq, then war would be one of the last things the Bush administration would be considering.

The politics of global warming is very curious. It is a unique instance where a political argument is wrapped in the cloak of science, while at the same time violating the most important rules of scientific research.

Why do bad ideas linger with such persistence in the halls of Congress? This question came to mind when Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman recently introduced legislation to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming.

Poverty – extreme deprivation – is a perennial problem on much of the African continent.

With the multitude of other environmental and climate factors that affect the range and survival of tropical diseases, it is hard to conclusively tie the current outbreaks within plant and animal communities to human caused global warming.

Like a bad penny that keeps showing up, former Vice President Al Gore chose Earth Day and the issue of global warming to make his first serious public attack on the Bush Administration since Campaign 2000.

The Bush plan does highlight some critical points that have yet to be addressed in the wider global warming debate.

Those not familiar with the history of wildlife conservation may not realize that outdoor sportsmen saved virtually every game species in the U.S. from extinction.

Contrary to the available evidence, advocates of gun control continue to argue that allowing trained citizens to carry firearms results in increased violence. We have now seen a controlled experiment on the issue and the results are indisputable.

The most profound step that the United States could take to shore up national security is to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Our nation's prosperity depends in large part on our oil supply and our energy use.

While polls have consistently shown that Americans are concerned about the environment, they are also increasingly worried about high energy costs.

To move forward, we must first decide whether there is a concrete problem that can be corrected.

Energy is essential for our national economic growth. Yet while America has enjoyed an energy surplus for much the 20th Century, this is no longer the case.

Due in no small part to misinformation spread by the President's political opponents, much of the public remains largely uniformed concerning what the Bush administration hopes to accomplish with its national energy policy, and how.

Firearms are used by law-abiding citizens about five times more often to prevent crimes than to commit them.

The environment has improved markedly since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Texas is expected to grow by more than 7 million people by the year 2025 – the second largest increase in the nation.

Electric power deregulation legislation enacted in 1994 has at this date finally driven the state's utilities to the brink of bankruptcy and caused California's citizens to suffer electricity shortages and blackouts.

The effects of high fuel prices on the poor and those on fixed incomes is devastating.

If we apply the precautionary principle to itself – ask what are the possible danger's of using this principle – we would be forced to abandon it very quickly.

The United States is experiencing one of the worst wildfire seasons in a century.

The "Million Mom March" angered and dismayed me. Most Americans, myself included, share the marching moms' goals of reducing childhood gun misuse and criminal gun use. What raised my ire were the means the moms' chose to pursue their goals: Lies and demands for more gun control.