Edward Ring is the director of energy and water policy with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the National Review and the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Orange County Register, and other media outlets.
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Reversing California’s Policies of Scarcity
/by Edward RingA new year has begun, and here in California, 2026 promises to deliver challenges that may at last transform the state’s energy and water policies. Let’s begin with a quick look at California’s current water policies in action. The last month of 2025 delivered a series of storms that merited the distinction of being dubbed […]
How the Left and Right Can Unite to Restore Opportunity in America
/by Edward RingThe scandals erupting in Minnesota offer another example of how easy it is for generous U.S. welfare programs to squander billions of dollars. And while it’s important to hold accountable the individuals who figured out how to scam the system, until the system itself is changed, for every billion-dollar fraud that is uncovered, others will take […]
What is the Future of California’s Republican Party?
/by Edward RingIn 2012 I was involved with a ballot initiative that qualified for the state ballot. Generally referred to as a “paycheck protection” measure, it was the third time that conservative activists in the state had put onto the state ballot an initiative which, if approved by voters, would have required public sector unions to ask […]
Will Ben Shapiro Blow Up Conservatism, or Unify It?
/by Edward RingJust as a “country without borders is not a country,” so it is that “the conservative movement also requires borders.” This was the general message delivered by conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro in a December 17 speech at the Heritage Foundation and again the next day in a speech at Turning Point USA’s Amerifest conference. Shapiro’s […]
Feminism, Anti-racism, and the Unraveling of the West
/by Edward RingEarlier this month, Compact Magazine published “The Lost Generation,” written by Jacob Savage, a man who spent fifteen years trying to build a career in screenwriting and finally gave up. He claims he was the victim of active discrimination as a white male, and backs it up with facts: “In 2011, the year I moved to […]