Bob Inglis is one of the more interesting characters in American politics. A moderate Republican from South Carolina who served six terms in the House before the Tea Party removed him from office in 2010, Inglis was perhaps the only …
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Can Conservatives Mitigate Climate Change?
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What Billionaires Should Do
Insofar as I am not a billionaire, it could be said that I have no capacity to say what I’d do if I actually had all that money. That said, I can’t imagine how unsatisfying it would be to know …
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Anti-Science in the United States
A reader sent me this, remarking “long-term effects of Ivermectin.” When my wife laughed so hard she almost lost consciousness, I thought I would write a quick post on it. The anti-science contingent in the United States is growing larger …
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Will World Leaders Take Action To Mitigate Climate Change?
This fellow thinks it’s folly to expect world leaders to do anything substantial about climate change. I’m not as pessimistic, though I admit that this is an extremely complicated situation. To begin with, solving the climate problem in such a …
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Bill Gates: Nuclear Power Will ‘Absolutely’ Be Politically Acceptable Again
Here we have Bill Gates discussing nuclear power, pointing out that it’s safer than oil, coal, natural gas–and, of course that it’s a requirement if our civilization is to mitigate climate change successfully, insofar as it emits zero carbon. So …
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By All Means, Plant Trees, But….
Planting trees as a means of sequestering CO2 so as to mitigate climate change is a good concept, but in the real world it’s a lot harder than it looks. The reason can be summed up in the phase unintended …
Environmental Progress Slow At Best
The American Energy Society makes this comment about the U.S. senatorial elections: The “green wave” fades. Environmentalists’ ambitions failed to materialize nationally. (In the Senate, only two Democrats – John Hickenlooper in Colorado and Mark Kelly in Arizona – pushed environmental …
American Education Will Now Start To Improve, and It Couldn’t Have Happened Soon Enough
If I had to pick the aspect of a Biden presidency that I’m happiest to see, I guess I’d go with honesty. It’s not that Biden personally or Democrats generally are impeccably honest, but rather that what they’re replacing is …
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Expanding International Cooperation Required to Mitigate Climate Change
Gary Tulie writes: Since we all breath the same air and stand to suffer one way or another from climate change, I hope we can all set aside political rivalries to continue and expand cooperation on the further refinement of these …
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America’s Two Political Parties Clash in the Most Idiotic Ways Possible
Those living outside the United States may read the dialogue at the left and say, “Give me a break; it couldn’t possibly be that stupid.” Well, I’m sorry to have to report that this is precisely the childishly idiotic level …
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