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…even if every nation were to fulfill all their carbon-cutting promises by 2030 and stick to them all the way through the century—at a cost of more than $100 trillion in lost GDP—global temperature rise would be reduced by a tiny 0.3°F .
Read moreAleppo represents a meltdown of the West’s moral and political will — and in particular, a collapse of U.S. leadership
Obama’s Syrian Legacy
Aleppo represents a meltdown of the West’s moral and political will — and in particular, a collapse of U.S. leadership The Washington Post editorial board 12/14/2106 THE BATTLE for Aleppo is ending in catastrophe, both for the tens of thousands of people who have been...
read moreRead moreThe real issue is whether in the future we will have open discussion of political issues and free elections. Think about what we have now — a federal bureaucracy that is fiercely partisan.
Hold your nose, toss the grenade
The real issue is whether in the future we will have open discussion of political issues and free elections. Think about what we have now — a federal bureaucracy that is fiercely partisan. Paul Rahe's open letter to Never Trumpers I am not here to condemn the...
read moreRead more…reductionist, fact-averse rhetoric contributes to the idea that climate-change discussion should be a two-sided, cartoonish fight between those who say it is not real and those who say it is the worst problem facing humanity
Nope, the Marshall Islands are not sinking
...reductionist, fact-averse rhetoric contributes to the idea that climate-change discussion should be a two-sided, cartoonish fight between those who say it is not real and those who say it is the worst problem facing humanity Bjorn Lomborg in WSJ Using historic...
read moreRead moreISIS, like the matador’s red cape, distracts from the truly mortal danger—a nuclear Iran chanting ‘Death to America.’
ISIS, like the matador’s red cape, distracts from the truly mortal danger—a nuclear Iran chanting ‘Death to America.’ Mark Helprin in WSJ By all means, take Mosul, and continue on until ISIS is no more. But ISIS, also known as Islamic State, is and has been the wrong...
read moreRead moreThe Chicago Tribune editorial board scorches ObamaCare and the Democrats
Why ObamaCare failed
The Chicago Tribune editorial board scorches ObamaCare and the Democrats Come November, the grim trudge across the increasingly barren Obamacare landscape begins anew. Illinois consumers likely face staggering price hikes for individual insurance policies. Some types...
read moreRead moreCompetition apparently is great for markets (hurrah, choice!) but not for governments (hurrah, monopoly?)
The EU gets its Irish up
Competition apparently is great for markets (hurrah, choice!) but not for governments (hurrah, monopoly?) Kevin Williamson, National Review The interaction between big businesses and small countries can be strange. Add in a big, transnational government, and things...
read moreRead moreThe free market once again show “peak oil” to be the neurotic mumbling of progressives.
Another gusher in Cowboystan
The free market once again show "peak oil" to be the neurotic mumbling of progressives. WSJ Governments draft white papers and formulate plans on future energy production. U.S. frackers produce energy. And a new discovery in West Texas might do more to improve the...
read moreRead more…we hear a great deal about economic “inequality,” a term that, in an open and dynamic society, means almost nothing
The politics of blame
...we hear a great deal about economic “inequality,” a term that, in an open and dynamic society, means almost nothing Kevin Williamson at National Review The politics of blame are a funny thing. We will blame anybody and everybody for any and all imaginable problems...
read moreRead moreHealth insurance with an $11,000 annual deductible. Great job, Barry!
ObamaCare death spiral update
Health insurance with an $11,000 annual deductible. Great job, Barry! Holman Jenkins at WSJ It’s hard to exaggerate the alchemy of distortions that are turning ObamaCare into such a pending disaster that big insurers like Aetna, Anthem, Humana and UnitedHealth Group,...
read moreRead moreFollow the money, follow the money, follow the money. Sigh.
Why did Hillary’s State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses?
Follow the money, follow the money, follow the money. Sigh. Peter Schweizer Hillary Clinton touts her tenure as secretary of state as a time of hardheaded realism and “commercial diplomacy” that advanced American national and commercial interests. But her handling of...
read moreRead moreBill Clinton Got Millions From World’s Biggest Sharia Law Education Firm
Team Clinton cashes in on Sharia
Bill Clinton Got Millions From World’s Biggest Sharia Law Education Firm Richard Pollock at the Daily Caller Former President Bill Clinton collected $5.6 million in fees from GEMS Education, a Dubai-based company that teaches Sharia Law through its network of more...
read moreRead moreWhat a sniveling coward we have as president.
Obama’s “collective” excuse.
What a sniveling coward we have as president. Good thing Bush got rid of Saddam Hussein because that frightened Moammar Gadhafi into destroying his nukes. Obama/Hillary after condemning Bush for years for not planning for post-Saddam Iraq helped overthrow Gadhafi...
read moreRead moreObama and his fellow race baiting Democrats have police blood on their hands
Black lives lies matter
Obama and his fellow race baiting Democrats have police blood on their hands Heather Mac Donald For two years American police departments have endured relentless attacks from the Obama administration, its media allies and the Black Lives Matter movement alleging that...
read moreRead moreObama’s whole foreign policy rests on him believing he could tame the Iranian beast. Pride goeth before the fall.
Obama’s big, ego-driven Iranian fiasco
Obama's whole foreign policy rests on him believing he could tame the Iranian beast. Pride goeth before the fall. Bret Stephens What diplomats call the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—known to the rest of us as the Disastrous Iran Deal—was agreed in Vienna a year...
read moreRead moreRadicals have infested the EPA. No aspect of American life is safe from the “green” monster
Obama’s EPA sticks nose into farming
Radicals have infested the EPA. No aspect of American life is safe from the "green" monster Bruce E. Dale in the WSJ A basic fact about agricultural products such as grains and oilseeds is that the carbon in them, called biogenic carbon, came from the atmosphere....
read moreRead moreFacts won’t deter “Black Lives Matter” or Democrats who benefit from racial division
Study finds no racial bias in police shootings
Facts won't deter "Black Lives Matter" or Democrats who benefit from racial division New York Times A new study confirms that black men and women are treated differently in the hands of law enforcement. They are more likely to be touched, handcuffed, pushed to the...
read moreRead more“Family values,” roundly mocked by the left in the 1990s, make all the difference in how a life will unfold.
Progressives ignore social science they don’t like
"Family values," roundly mocked by the left in the 1990s, make all the difference in how a life will unfold. George Will The report was so “seismic” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s word — that Lyndon Johnson’s administration released it on the Fourth of July weekend,...
read moreRead moreThe president hails the Paris Agreement again—even though it will solve nothing and cost trillions.
Obama: let’s blow $ trillions for trifles
The president hails the Paris Agreement again—even though it will solve nothing and cost trillions. Bjorn Lomborg When President Obama flew to Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto,...
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