I interviewed the spokesman for the CATO Institute for my third book, Renewable Energy — Following the Money, and I have to say that it was a profound experience. Here’s a group whose only reason for being is its attempt …
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CATO Institute: Noncitizens Don’t Illegally Vote in Detectable Numbers
An old friend cites this report published shortly after the 2020 election by the Libertarian think-tank The CATO Institute and writes: In 2006, Texas reported that unauthorized immigrants contributed $18 billion to the state economy, contributed $1.58 billion in taxes …
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Concern for the Future
From the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of the man who wrote the first memoir in Western literature: St. Augustine born in 354 in Thagaste, which is now in Algeria. He is best known for his Confessions, a 13-book autobiography of …
Koch Died “of Complications of a Stake Driven into His Heart.” Love it.
Who doesn’t love a good laugh? Who doesn’t have deep respect for true talent in comedy and writing? Simply fabulous. (Note the name of the paper.) Ha!
White House “Rejects” Study on Immigrants’ Value
From the New York Times: Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and …
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Was the Concept of Climate Change Formed to Weaken Our Economy and Control the World Population?
Harrasser-in-Chief MarcoPolo writes: (Here’s) a quote from a speech by Marian L. Tupy Editor of Human Progress: “Since the fall of communism, global warming has been, without question, the most potent weapon in the hands of those who wish to control …
Let’s Ignore Climate Change Because….
In researching my four books I came upon numerous excuses for not dealing with climate change. Some of these were laughable, e.g., the CATO Institute’s position that the effects of climate change are small at this point, thus so should …
Could a Technological Miracle Save the Day Re: Climate Change?
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty commented on my post Explaining Humankind’s Blase’ Response to Climate Change: “The reason that people aren’t frantic about it: Since 1910, the planet has warmed roughly 1 degree C, and very few people would say that …
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How Certain Are We About Climate Change? How Certain Do We Need To Be?
Here’s a good discussion on the level of certainty (95%) that the scientific community has on the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Even the chief scientist at the Cato Institute (whose spokesperson I interviewed for “Renewable Energy – Following the …
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Renewable Energy – Following the Money
My third book, Renewable Energy – Following the Money, is now available on Amazon, as well as in the Barnes and Noble stores (though most stores will need to order it for you). And my good friends at the very …
