Philip Anschutz wants to turn his 500-square-mile cattle ranch into the world’s largest wind farm. The project would generate four times more electricity than the Hoover Dam, enough to power all of the households in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It would also make Anschutz the nation’s most unlikely environmental hero—if he can ever get the thing built.
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Just because you fall outside the two ideologies we consider mainstream doesn't mean your political positions aren't logical, reasoned, and consistent.
South of the border, the combined forces of crowded housing, conservative fathers, and high school politics have produced extreme PDA.
For more than 30 years, the Federalist Society has worked behind the scenes to shape Supreme Court outcomes to a conservative agenda. In King v. Burwell, its influence could eliminate health insurance subsidies for millions of people.
A conservative interest group is becoming increasingly effective at picking and grooming the sorts of judges it likes.
The retreat from religious affiliation is, essentially, a retreat from the political right.
The conservative columnist is peddling a toxic fantasy. Some people are buying.