Having to prove you’re black, in Detroit. By any sane reading of the 14th Amendment, all of this is not just absurd, but unconstitutional.
Category Archives: Science And Society
The Lost Boys
Some thoughts on Peter Pan and the Occupy movement.
[Update a few minutes later]
Occupy’s totalitarian temptation. It’s what Leftists do.
Chairs
The case against them.
I’ve been thinking about getting a standing desk.
The Left’s War On Science
Jonah Goldberg takes on Chris Mooney.
A Beautiful Mind
The human brain really is an amazing machine. And on a related note, how did Edgar Allen Poe anticipate Phineas Gage?
The Crucifier
…has resigned. But the damage has been done:
EPA was finally persuaded to drop its action against Range, probably out of concern that a federal court might strike down its statutory authority to crucify oil-and-gas companies altogether. That was wise, because EPA already got what it wanted from persecuting Range. The company had to spend $4.2 million defending itself against a totally arbitrary action that could have come down on virtually any oil or gas company. And the industry has taken note.
In fact, as a demonstration meant to instill fear in the oil-and-gas industry, the crucifixion of Range Resources worked precisely as Armendariz intended.
There has to be some kind of legal recourse against this kind of arbitrary action.
Unintended Consequences
(Local) global warming caused by wind farms?
I’ve always thought it was crazy to think that pulling that much energy out of the atmosphere would have no effect. But it’s a politically correct energy source, at least for now.
Climate Changing
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Seventeen Equations
…that changed the world. One of the signs of the disaster that is modern academia is that it is not only acceptable, but for many a point of pride, that they don’t understand math.
[Via Geek Press]
The Asymmetry Of Ideology
Over at PJMedia this morning, I have some thoughts on why “liberals” are unable to understand conservatives, but not the reverse. I like the one comment over there that a simple explanation is that everyone remembers being a teenager, but that the leftists don’t know what it’s like to be grown up.