The Democratic Washing Machine
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Environment
The Coming Socialist-Libertarian Feudalism
Wishful thinking among many libertarian and socialist idealists is that an alliance might form between them. After all, members of both ideological camps believe that […]
The Left’s Industrial Counter-Revolutionaries
George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” He should have added that the ahistorical are also immune […]
Street Smarts in the White House
President Trump went to an Ivy League school, but he came out still talking like a New Yorker, with his street smarts intact. What does […]
B.S. News: How You People Can Save My Planet
This week, I’m turning over my column space to Madam Henrietta Von Wanderlust, vice president of external affairs for Prune Our Planet. Madam (her preferred […]
Climate Crusaders Poised to Claim Oregon
The best that may be said of the drama playing out in Oregon this week is that it exemplifies the vast and growing distance between […]
Biden’s Climate Plan Requires a Savvy Response
Front running 2020 presidential contender Joe Biden has just released his climate “plan,” claiming that with a $1.7 trillion federal investment, U.S. carbon emissions will […]
Hickenlooper Does NPR
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is back in the news for the first time since his “Am I A Capitalist?” tour on the late-night talk […]
How the Left Embraced Globalization
On November 30, 1999, the largely theoretical question of globalism exploded into reality with the spectacle of 50,000 demonstrators shutting down a major meeting of […]
The Climate Case of the Century
Twelve years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts v. EPAthat greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. The decision […]
The Hypocrisy Behind Climate Change Litigation
Democratic politicians and environmental activists claim any attempt to limit frivolous climate change lawsuits are really nefarious schemes to protect the wealthy and powerful. In […]
Crichton’s Rational Environmentalism Needs a Reawakening
Just over 10 years ago, the world lost Michael Crichton, bestselling author and screenwriter, who succumbed to cancer at age 66. His loss was greater […]
A New Way to Deal With Green Oligarchs
As it stands today, more than half of the Democratic candidates for president support the Green New Deal, a “deeply ambitious” plan that backers say […]
The ‘Packed White Nationalist’ Rally That Wasn’t
It’s no secret that the mainstream media is biased to the left. A 2018 survey conducted by researchers at Arizona State found that only 4.4 […]
The Climate Cult’s Missal
The sanctimonious Climate Cult never ceases to amaze and amuse in its incessant, condescending appeals to enlighten—by any means necessary—we recalcitrant heretics who refuse to […]
Why Don’t Climate Activists Support Nuclear Power?
For several days in mid-April, downtown London was paralyzed by thousands of “climate activists” protesting the failure of the British government to act swiftly enough […]
Manipulating Science in the Data Age
Who are you going to believe—my academic paper/editorial/meme or your lying eyes? It’s a pressing question in today’s world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, faked […]
The Great Cull . . . or the Long Boom?
When people look back on world history 100 years from now, what will they see? It is reasonable to think they will see a global […]
Giving Leftists Money for Socialism Won’t Change the Climate
Climate alarmist Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) recently said, “Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks that will come after us are […]
Earth Day: Opposing Progress Trumps Protecting the Planet
Today is Earth Day, a celebration originally conceived by then-U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) and first held in 1970 as a “symbol of environmental responsibility […]