Robert Nelson

Jan 13, 2024 | brainerddispatch.com | Robert Nelson

To Minnesota representatives Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber, Brad Finstad and Michelle Fischbach: You support Trump. What Trump policies are you supporting? All four Republican Minnesota representatives are in lockstep with Trump and support what Trump policies? Trump says “Retribution.”Trump says “I will be a dictator on ‘day one.’” Is even one day OK? What about the other days? Trump says the Justice Department and FBI will be under the direction of the president.

Jun 16, 2023 | mondaq.com | Anne Austin |Robert James |Robert Nelson |Irina Tsveklova

TAKEAWAYS The 88th regular session of the Texas Legislature saw an unusually high number of proposed bills with a stated focus of ensuring reliability of the Texas grid and favoring "dispatchable generation" (having output within human control, such as coal and natural gas) over, and in some cases to the detriment of, "non-dispatchable generation" (having output controlled largely by forces outside of human control, such as wind and solar).

Jun 15, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Anne Austin |Robert Lee James |Robert Nelson

TAKEAWAYS The 88th regular session of the Texas Legislature saw an unusually high number of proposed bills with a stated focus of ensuring reliability of the Texas grid and favoring “dispatchable generation” (having output within human control, such as coal and natural gas) over, and in some cases to the detriment of, “non-dispatchable generation” (having output controlled largely by forces outside of human control, such as wind and solar).

Jun 15, 2023 | nationalinterest.org | Robert Nelson

U.S. foreign policy must recognize tradeoffs, but it is equally true that it must also recognize false tradeoffs when they emerge. As the Republican presidential primary intensifies, a burgeoning contingent of right-leaning foreign policy experts has emerged to claim that President Joe Biden’s Ukraine policy is eroding America’s ability to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Consequently, they recommend drastically reducing, if not outright halting, American support for Ukraine’s defense.

Jun 9, 2023 | freep.com | Robert Nelson

Robert M. NelsonI’m Robert M. Nelson, and every year since 2011, when Motor City Pride moved to Detroit and revived the decades-old tradition of a gay pride parade, I’ve hosted my own float. I’m not a charity or a business or a corporation, just a queer cis male who loves a parade, and supporting other LGBTQ+ humans. But that puts me in the minority at Pride these days.