The End of Science

The reemergence of Cosmos could not have come at a better time, not because it has something to teach us about science, but because are living in Sagan's world where real science is harder than ever to come by. Carl Sagan was the country's leading practitioner of the mythologization of science, transforming a process into a philosophy, substituting political agendas for inquiry and arrogance for research. Sagan was often wrong, but it didn't matter because his errors were scientific, rather than ideological or theological. He could be wrong as many times as he wanted, as long as he wasn't wrong politically..

Welfare Without the State

Libertarians and free-market conservatives take an unequivocal stand on the provision of state welfare. It should be phased out and returned to the private sector. Charity is not a proper function of government.

Health care wait times cost Canadians more than $1 billion in lost productivity

CALGARY, AB--Canadians lost a combined $1.1 billion, or an average of $1,202 per patient, as a result of lengthy waits for medically necessary health care in 2013, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

Awesome: Romney lays the smack to Obama's foreign policy on Face the Nation

Watching this is bittersweet. Sweet because Romney absolutely pummels Obama's decision-making and primary assumptions in the areas of foreign policy, and in so doing he clearly shows that there is a right way to approach international relations that takes full advantage of America's influence, but that you need someone who actually recognizes and understands the use of that influence - and Obama ain't that guy.

Biden: People are dumb, and Obama deserves sainthood for the patience he's shown with the ACA rollout

Normally, they like to keep Joe Biden locked up. This is a good instinct, because when he gets out in front of the cameras, he starts saying the kinds of things he's been saying over the course of the last two weeks. Still, every now and then, they have no choice but to let Crazy Joe off his chain so he can run around the yard a bit. Friday, they let him speak before the National Association of Community Health Centers policy summit in Washington, D.C.

Earth to purists: Give me an imperfect Republican over a 'perfect' Democrat any day

Last week a caller to my radio show opined about the problems of this Democrat administration and this Congress. The list of complaints was extensive. He touched on foggy foreign policy, a sluggish economy, joblessness, waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars, environmental extremism, lack of leadership . . . and the list goes on.

US electricity system in regulatory and terrorist crosshairs

Government agencies are forcing us to spend countless billions on illusory risks and anti-fossil fuel mandates, while ignoring real threats to our livelihoods, living standards and lives.

Welcome the Warmth – Cold is the Killer

In testimony to the US Senate in Feb 2014 Dr Patrick Moore, ecologist and co-founder of Greenpeace, made two significant points on climate change:

The Tacky Dressed Girl

My wife Mary and I grabbed a bite to eat at an inexpensive buffet restaurant. A group of rambunctious teens rolled in, about 8 or 9 of them. One stood out. In my mind, I affectionately named the young lady, Susie.

Catamounts

The crops on Dad’s Mississippi Delta farm were desperately in need of rain. On a Thursday night, Mother Nature blessed us with one thunderstorm after another, and we awoke to find water in the middles. Dad was so happy that he paid us off on Friday morning, and told us not to return to work until Monday.

Forget Cholesterol Numbers. How’s Your Mitochondria?

“You’re so like your mother, you have so much energy!” friends have said to me. I admit energy-wise they’re right. My father preferred to sit in his chair analyzing mathematical problems, while mother was high octane gas. She never stopped running around. But I didn’t know why I inherited her energy until I read a report in the Nutrition Action Health Letter about mitochondria. So, here’s how you can increase your energy level.

The lies, lies and more lies in Michelle Obama’s Coming Out Party in China

The Coming out Party of Michelle Robinson Obama in China proves she’s as big a hypocrite as her husband the president.

The process of killing the U.S. dollar

I wrote about it nearly one year ago to the day. The Obama agenda is to simply "kill the U.S. dollar," where the ultimate objective is to implement an international currency in tandem with a system of global governance.

John Kerry: Comeback Kid Joachim von Ribbentrop

So, John Kerry is on his high horse in high dudgeon trying to dissuade the latest iteration of Old Joe Stalin, one Vladimir Putin, ex-KGB hetman and a former Stasi overseer, to stop his formal occupation of the Crimea, whose citizens have already thrown in with Vlad with one of those famous 99.86% "for" plebiscites that redounded to the Führer's favor in Austria back in, oh, 1938.

Which Way, USA? America At A Crossroads With Economic And Energy Policy

Will Americans continue allowing a radicalized environmental agenda to animate Washington, one that prohibits the utilization of natural resources – oil in particular – and that squelches the nation’s economy? Or could it be that, at such a time as this, rationality might take-hold in the USA yet again?

The False Myth of the 80% Conservative

The danger is this: In the USA’s upcoming 2014 elections, Republican elites assume that everyone all now agrees that conservatives ‘must’ support non-conservative candidates to win more elections. The GOP is operating on the belief that everyone is on board, simply because insiders have officially decreed it to be so.

Why Government Does Not Function

Do you have the feeling that we no longer have government from the federal to the local level that is able to function because of vast volumes of laws and regulations that have made it impossible to do anything from build a bridge to run a nursing home?

EU Leaders Delay Decision On Climate Targets

Europe will go to a UN summit in September with no agreed climate targets after leaders say they cannot reach agreement without a new roadmap toward energy independence. Discussions between European Union leaders on a new emissions reduction target for 2030 were sidetracked today by the crisis in Ukraine. A debate that was meant to set the stage for agreement on a new target instead became focused on reducing Europe’s energy dependence on Russia. --Dave Keating, European Voice, 21 March 2014

Arizona lawman calls Obama deportation statistics bogus

During an interview with Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto on Friday, the man known by many as "America's Toughest Sheriff" said he believes that the Obama administration's claim that more people in the U.S. illegally have been deported than ever before since President Barack Obama took office is a deceptive claim.

Lawmakers finally subpoena ATF for documents in misconduct probe

U.S. House of Representatives' lawmakers on Wednesday evening subpoenaed the scandal-prone Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for "any and all documents" related to that agency's alleged misconduct in a national undercover operation including its activities in Operation Fearless Distributing.