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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Yesterday’s Virginia Tech massacre, where a single crazed student was able to kill over 30 of his peers in the span of two hours, is just one more example of the failure of gun control laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But will this event cause gun control proponents to rethink [...]
Global Hot Air: Why So Gloomy?
Monday, April 9th, 2007On Global Hot Air: Why So Gloomy?
“Recently many people have said that the earth is facing a crisis requiring urgent action. This statement has nothing to do with science. There is no compelling evidence that the warming trend we’ve seen will amount to anything close to catastrophe. What most commentators—and many scientists—seem to miss is [...]
US Supreme Court of Scientists: Exhalers are polluters
Monday, April 2nd, 2007The US Supreme Court has a new diktat for us. Are you ready for this?
Here we go: Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant.
This interesting molecule, without which life on earth would not exist, has been shafted by the US Supreme Court. And I felt sorry for Pluto. This beats what happened to Pluto by a mile.
The [...]
Global Hot Air: The Absurdity of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Monday, February 5th, 2007It seems laughable that in this stretch of record-low temperatures and ice accumulation that the media is bombarding us with global warming fear mongering. But alas, the crisp weather hasn’t seemed to reach the socialists behind the latest “international” report claiming that the United States is destroying the world with SUVs.
The only question I have [...]
The Supreme Court, free speech, and McCain
Monday, January 22nd, 2007The US Supreme Court is going to hear a campaign finance case. The McCain-Feingold law is one of the most free-speech-infringing pieces of legislation ever to come out of Congress, telling Americans what they can and can’t say about politicians during election periods. A weak Republican congress, and a president who forgot his veto pen, [...]
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