Category: Politics
The “Settled” Climate Science
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about the “settled” climate debate… She claimed that there was a consensus among scientists that man is responsible for global warming. I pointed out that there are a preponderance of “deniers” including
What Grade Would You Give the President?
While the polls in support of O’bama have been dropping like a lead balloon and the economy is heading south at an alarming pace, he believes he has been doing a nearly great job. In an article posted by AFP, the
An Underachiever?
Humor courtesy of Slick…
What’s Better for the Economy: Government Spending or Tax Cuts?
Gregory Mankiw, an economist at Harvard University, shares some insights in the New York Times: When devising its fiscal package, the Obama administration relied on conventional economic models based in part on ideas of John Maynard Keynes. Keynesian theory says
Milton Friedman Talks about Socialism vs Capitalism
A great video courtesy of Leonard Louis: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulqBb4JePuQ[/youtube]
O’bama’s EPA Further Interfering in Our Freedoms
So what do you think of the notion that creating CO2 (i.e., breathing) is now considered pollution that is regulated by the EPA? Charles Krauthammer wrote a pertinent editorial in the Washington Post. A few excerpts: The raid on the
Sudden Jihad Syndrome – Another Update
Update – Is this another case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome? Since it’s becoming so common place, you may have missed this story: a Moslem cultural-anthropology grad student, stabbed to death Dr. Richard Antoun of Binghamton University. Dr. Antoun was a
US Congress Meddling in Every Aspect of Our Lives
Leave it to our US Congress that believes there is no part of our lives that they shouldn’t enter… I never thought I would have a posting that fits into both categories of “Sports” and “Politics”… I could not believe