Who owns the water beneath your property? According to state law (as well as the Texas Supreme Court), you do. Yet all too often, local regulatory entities act as if groundwater belongs to them. Consider the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District. Unlike most regions of the state, permits to pump water in the Lost Pines...
Sometimes it seems like the drought has gone on so long that I’ve forgotten what it’s like not to be under water restrictions. Where I live we are currently under “Stage 1” restrictions. Twice a week, on a day assigned based on my address, I wait for the clock to strike 7:00 pm, and then...
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ban on agricultural imports from countries that have sanctioned Russia over its aggression against Ukraine. While the ban made headlines, most commenters viewed it as a largely symbolic action, which would do little to help Russia’s strategic position internationally. But within days, news reports surfaced of another...
More Americans Believe in Astrology, and They're Probably Liberal
Neeley: While in the rest of the U.S. decisions on electricity are centrally decided by government-regulated monopolies, in Texas such decisions are made by the market. This system has provided Texans more choice and cheaper electricity.
Neeley: As currently proposed, the EPA's rule could fundamentally transform America's electric sector, centralizing authority over what has always been a state prerogative.
Neeley: Public health is really not the concern here. If it were, then giving greater scope of practice to naturopaths (who don't provide effective medical care) than to nurses (who do) would make no sense.
Neeley: Given the amazing creative abilities of human beings, why is it that the steady stream of innovations and improvements have, in effect, been limited to the last few hundred years, and just to certain parts of the globe?
Neeley: In reality, none of Holdren's dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion in the developing world).
Neeley: As a matter of economic logic, a sale of water will only take place if the buyer values the water in question more highly than the seller.
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