The Washington Examiner may need to be renamed The Oceania Times after a brilliant bit of Orwellian doublethink. In its Monday editorial, the Washington Examiner declared both that (1) “the Earth’s average temperatures have been declining for a decade” and (2) that Europe’s cap and trade program “has been in effect for five years, yet has   more

It’s Earth Day. Republicans can ignore it as a made-up event with links to old hippies, or we can embrace the role of stewards for our shared home. I vote for the latter.
Several times in the past I have urged the GOP to put aside its aversion to a certain presidential loser/Nobel Prize winner and focus on   more

Is the case for climate change like a house of cards or a cargo net? The global warming deniers would have you believe that any minor misstep should flatten the entire theory. A cargo net, on the other hand, can have several links severed but still carry a lot of weight. 
We should never ignore valid new data,   more

The great conservative mind Russell Kirk once said, “The issue of environmental quality is one which transcends traditional political boundaries. It is a cause which can attract, and very sincerely, liberals, conservatives, radicals, reactionaries, freaks, and middle class straights.” At first blush, the sold out Artists for the Climate event may have seemed to cater to the   more

Capitalism and the internet have largely defeated Big Brother’s forces of information control.   As our eyes bulge at the all you can eat data buffet, though, can society muster the discipline to eat the veggies that make government of, by, and for the people possible, or will we citizens fatten ourselves on endless desserts that   more

“Will you join us?” It’s a strange question when not coming from a Hare Krishna. Asked by an oil company beckoning travelers to become more energy efficient to combat global warming, this query is a strange but welcome sign of the times. (Although some global warming doubters among us may still see it as a cultish invitation.) 
A recent   more

My recent post advocated getting over Al-Goraphobia and looking at the science, not merely a polarizing political personality.   Now it is time to lay out some data. The headlines give a confusing array of information.   Are we really cooling? Is ice melting or expanding? It snowed the day Al Gore testified to Congress, does that mean anything? 
The effect,   more

If the Republican Party is to reclaim its historic status as a party of conservation, we must get over our corporate case of Al-Goraphobia soon and give the case for climate change the fair hearing it deserves.  Gore has given Republicans an environmental excuse, a way to avoid analyzing the science because we can dismiss   more

FoxNews on MLK/inauguration weekend presented a contrast in styles.
Mike Huckabee used the occasion to highlight the amazing legacy of King; have a civil conversation with the former New York governor Mario Cuomo on both Lincoln’s legacy and the relationship of religion to politics; and to surprise 76 African American students and their teacher with tickets   more