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Here’s Lamar Alexander (R, TN): By far nuclear energy is the least land-intensive; it requires only one square mile to produce one million megawatt-hours per year, enough electricity for about 90,000 homes. Geothermal energy, which taps the natural heat of the earth, requires three square miles. The most landscape-consuming are biofuels ethanol and biodiesel which [...]

In his Times op-ed, the president argues that the Democrats’ proposals “will finally bring skyrocketing health-care costs under control” by “cutting . . . waste and inefficiency in federal health programs like Medicare and Medicaid and in unwarranted subsidies to insurance companies . . . .” First, ask yourself whether the government that brought us [...]

There was a lot of debate a few weeks ago regarding the concept of “death panels” that stem from single-payer health care. When former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin spotlighted it, the defenders of the Obama camp attacked her as a fear monger. Maybe so, but then again… Here’s Dr Peter Hargreaves, a consultant in Palliative [...]

46 million uninsured Americans? Not exactly, explains Karl Rove: Of the 46 million uninsured, 9.7 million are not U.S. citizens; 17.6 million have annual incomes of more than $50,000; and 14 million already qualify for Medicaid or other programs. That leaves less than five million people truly uncovered out of a population of 307 million. [...]