American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)
Thomas Catenacci writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the money behind a new climate study in Maryland. The left-wing environmental nonprofit Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) is bankrolling a study…
Tim Worstall writes for the Washington Examiner about capitalism’s positive impact on the environment. Whale oil provided the lighting to read the breakthrough novel of 1870, the story of Captain…
Victor Davis Hanson writes at National Review Online that the nation’s largest tech companies have taken steps that help them avoid comparisons to other major corporations. Today, five companies —…
Victor Davis Hanson makes the connection in his latest National Review Online column. The progressive movement took hold in the late 19th century to “trust-bust,” or break up corporations that…
How can that be? It’s because of free enterprise in a society that values and protects God-given rights. I wrote a couple weeks about the falling price of light as one of…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s explains that taxes and mandates targeting energy do nothing to make the laws of economics go away. Gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel are dense with energy…
Arthur Herman‘s latest feature article for Commentary magazine delves into liberals’ objections to the American energy industry. Among the most interesting elements of Herman’s work is his full-throated defense of…
Jason Snead and Paul Larkin offer Daily Signal readers an update on ride-sharing company Uber‘s ongoing challenge of regulations benefiting entrenched interests in the taxi industry. It is starting to…
Thomas Sowell‘s latest column posted at Real Clear Politics discusses problems associated with the pursuit of equality. … Differences in capabilities are inescapable, and they make a big difference in…
It is no secret that laws are used to penalize rivals. FDR created a 79% income tax bracket exclusively for John D. Rockefeller. But logic isn’t working in the NAACP’s…
In the season of gift-giving and year-end charitable contributions, you might appreciate John Stossel‘s latest column. Private charity is unquestioningly better than government efforts to help people. Government squanders money.…
Daniel Henninger’s WSJ column today is not to be missed. He argues that if we want to get the economy moving, we need to “bring back the robber barons.” In…