Tom Stilson

Articles by Tom Stilson

North Dakota's New Energy Boom: Natural Gas

Recently, Saudi Prince Alwaleed referred to shale exploration in North America as “an inevitable threat” to Saudi Arabia’s oil-based economy. Nowhere is that truer than in North Dakota, aptly nicknamed by some as “Kuwait on the Prairie”, where since 2007,

North Dakota's New Energy Boom: Natural Gas

The Right to Self-Defense and the Duty to Protect

Pro-victim, anti-gun ideologues suggest we do not need guns because the police serve as the guardian of law-abiding citizens. This notion is false. Warren v. D.C. was a 1981 Washington, D.C. appeals court case in which local law enforcement was found

The Right to Self-Defense and the Duty to Protect

Finding the Pro-Gun Dialect of the Gun Control Debate

“The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. …Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes,

Finding the Pro-Gun Dialect of the Gun Control Debate

View the Latest Sniper Rifle Available to our Military: The OMEN

Meet the new Omen. This semi-automatic weapons platform can hit a target out to 1,400 meters. The military-only version shoots 3 shot groups in an area the size of a dime, civilian-versions under a quarter at 100 yards. Stretching nearly

View the Latest Sniper Rifle Available to our Military: The OMEN

The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth

There are dozens of articles hyping government purchases of ammunition over the last nine months. After spending weeks researching this topic, this is a collection of commonly held myths that are based more on panic than fact.  With the recent

The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth

The Obama Administration's Radical Environmental Justice Blueprint

The Obama Administration has attempted to downplay the recent resignation of EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz after videos surfaced of the administrator describing his enforcement of EPA regulations as “crucifying” oil companies. Shortly thereafter, Sen. James Inhofe proposed a

The Obama Administration's Radical Environmental Justice Blueprint

Principled Conservative Action Will Lead this Nation

The beginning of 2013 marks an impending disaster for our nation. The Bush tax cuts expire; we reach our national debt ceiling; and the 2013 appropriations bills may not be passed in time to avoid crippling sequestration budget cuts. This

Principled Conservative Action Will Lead this Nation

#Occupycalypse Now, Part I: OWS Rises to Power

For some of us, it’s difficult to take the Occupy movement seriously. However, for once, let’s do just that and ask the simple question, “What if the Occupiers take power?” To answer that, I need to first address what they

RockPort Capital: Crony Capitalism Goes Green

It looks as if the Obama Administration has a major “green” problem. The firm responsible for Solyndra, RockPort Capital, and several other major companies directly connected to the Obama Administration have received in excess of $4 billion in government assistance.