Outside The Box
The Pete Du Pont Commentaries
Generation Gap
The Kerry-Lieberman energy bill would enervate America. Commentary by Pete du Pont June 25, 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal A year ago the Waxman-Markey energy regulation bill passed the House. Now before the Senate is the Kerry-Lieberman energy regulation bill,...
Americans Know the Drill
The people support offshore oil exploration. The politicians should listen. Commentary by Pete du Pont May 17, 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal The amount of energy America's economy consumes is rising, and oil is a significant portion of its generation. But the...
Welcome to Europe
America has changed its course, perhaps forever. Commentary by Pete du Pont March 25, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal Late Sunday night America made its largest public-policy course change since the 1930's: Congress moved 17% of our national economy from the...
Nightfall in America
The Obama deficits portend a gloomy future. Commentary by Pete du Pont February 16, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal Is it, as President Reagan's reelection commercial said, "morning in America"? Back then it was, but not anymore; it is economic evening in...