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The Rembrandt of Overstatement Dec. 01, 2015
The president of the United States landed in Paris on Monday, his mouth full of grave and ominous re... Read More
Academic Stalinism Still Thriving Oct. 20, 2015
There are many opinionated people on each side of the political spectrum, including me, but I haven'... Read More
Post-Debate Questions for the Democrat Candidates Oct. 15, 2015
There are so many responses one might have to the fallacies and fictions spouted at Tuesday evening'... Read More
Suppressing Free Speech Oct. 07, 2015
I receive loads of mail in response to my weekly nationally syndicated column. Some recent mail has ... Read More
The Pope-Exploiter in Chief Sep. 25, 2015
Normally, the issue of the pope's infallibility wouldn't much concern me, but it does get my attenti... Read More
Fighting Climate Change for Real Aug. 04, 2015
Time to drop this "war on coal" talk. Time to ignore the hollering by coal country politicians over ... Read More
Intellectual Dishonesty Jun. 03, 2015
President Barack Obama's stance, expressed in his 2014 State of the Union address, is that the debat... Read More
Often There's No Sensible Middle Apr. 16, 2015
Some time ago, I heard a power company executive arguing that humans have played no role in global w... Read More
Farming Moves North With the Temperatures Apr. 14, 2015
Before there was a California, New England fed itself. Somehow. The soil was lousy, the climate cold... Read More
The New Inquisition Apr. 14, 2015
How long will this country remain free? Probably only as long as the American people value their fre... Read More
Global Warming Mar. 11, 2015
"But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact," said President Barack Obama in his 2014 State... Read More
Political Science: Heat's on Climate Change Dissidents Mar. 01, 2015
"I am under 'investigation,'" professor Roger Pielke Jr. of the University of Colorado Boulder poste... Read More
Stormy Weather and Politics Feb. 03, 2015
It was refreshing to see meteorologists apologize for their dire — and wrong — predictio... Read More
Global Warming, Empty Gestures Dec. 18, 2014
I have a theory as to why Americans don't worry all that much about global warming: High-profile pur... Read More
Can Oil and Sanctimony Mix? Aug. 19, 2014
When Al-Jazeera bought Current TV for $500 million in January 2013, former Vice President Al Gore, w... Read More
Disinvestment of Fossil Fuels -- Symbolism and Hypocrisy Jul. 13, 2014
A group called Fossil Free UC wants regents to divest the University of California's endowment fund ... Read More
Curbing Carbon Vs. Rationalizing Recklessness Jun. 05, 2014
Rousing the public to do something about the growing federal debt is not easy. The dangers it poses ... Read More
Republican Science-Rejection Syndrome Is Hurting All of Us May. 15, 2014
The 2016 Republican presidential primaries are already showing signs of turning into a competition t... Read More
Gore: 'Our Democracy Has Been Hacked' May. 14, 2014
CHICAGO — You think Al Gore is upset with global warming? You ought to hear him on American po... Read More
Democrats and Republicans Talking Past the Voters May. 13, 2014
It's a cliche to say that Washington, D.C., is "out of touch" with voters, but there's something to ... Read More
