At the end of each December, I try to make a hopeful prediction about the year to come. I predict that this year will mark the end of a great deal of our superstitions. Remember the words of the great …
At the end of each December, I try to make a hopeful prediction about the year to come. I predict that this year will mark the end of a great deal of our superstitions. Remember the words of the great …
Why is it that scientists generally are quiet and demure, and so seldom even mention the field of politics? Perhaps it’s the very difference between fact and opinion, and scientists’ preference to the former over the latter. In any case, …
Most Scientists Are Modest and Unobtrusive – But Not All Read More »
Unfortunately, we live in a time when our “leaders” simply tell us what they think we want to hear. Anytime, and especially in an election year, a U.S. presidential candidate stands up for an idea, it means that he believes …
Good News, Bad News for a Progressive U.S. Energy Policy Read More »
The Cato Institute’s Jerry Taylor, whom I interviewed last week, writes in to offer a correction to my piece the other day on The Impetus for Renewable Energy that includes: “(Taylor) believes that the push for a migration from cheap …
What Climate Scientists Tell Us About Global Warming — And Why Read More »
A radio talk-show host reviewed my book the other day with an eye toward having me on his show. He wrote back just now: … I found it to be interesting, though I should tell you I’m one of the …
Global Climate Change and What We Know of Science Read More »