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Category Archives: Political Commentary
Another Anti-Science Cabal
Now it’s Alzheimer’s. It is infuriating, and tragic. In nutrition, in climate, and in medicine in general, the peer-review system is so broken, it would be better to just get rid of it entirely.
[Thursday-morning update]
How Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg corrupted climate science.
[Update a while later]
Tuberculosis vaccine found to be effective against Alzheimer’s. It seems, to the degree that it’s effective at all, to be more prophylactic than a cure.
The Global Launch Industry
Bob Zimmerman has a year-end assessment. I expect next year to be a very exciting one, perhaps the most so since 1969.
A New Sex Drug?
I agree, women should be able to try this if they want.
A Matter Of Truth
Thoughts on J. K. Rowling and the new totalitarianism of wokeness from Dr. Dalrymple.
A Very Libertarian Christmas
Climate “Science”
The FBI
Howie Carr doesn’t pull any punches.
[Sunday-morning update]
A reckoning will come for these political hacks.
I hope so.
[Bumped]
[Monday-afternoon update]
The FBI’s darkest hour. There may be good people working there, but it’s a corrupt culture.
[Bumped]
Boeing’s Annus Horribilis
…continues with today’s failure of Starliner to get to the ISS. Stories from Eric Berger , Marina Koren, and Tim Fernholz.
The question is whether or not they’ll insist on another uncrewed test flight before putting in crew. Given the cost of an Atlas V, I’d be inclined to say no, given that this failure wouldn’t have resulted in loss of crew. Worst case for a crewed flight would be failure to dock, which would just mean a mission abort back to White Sands. But as we all know, SAFETY IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
[Late-morning update]
Loren Grush has another take.
[Update mid-afternoon]
Here’s a story from Emilee Speck in Orlando.
The GAO On Artemis
A nice Christmas present from them to those of us who have to analyze this stuff. Not sure when I’ll actually get around to reading it, but it can’t be pretty.