Be sure to turn on all your lights and appliances tonight, to protest the vapidity of this kind of thing.
Category Archives: Science And Society
The Socialist Paradise
…of Venezuela:
Apologists for Chavez mentor Fidel Castro blame Cuba’s sixty years of economic problems on the US embargo. If it weren’t for Uncle Sam, they say, Castro would have built a socialist paradise by now.
Venezuela is the test for this talking point. Not only is there no US embargo in Venezuela, but the country also has huge oil reserves. And what does it have? Food and medicine and foreign currency shortages.
There are very real theoretical reasons, based on fundamental human nature, why socialism doesn’t work, and empirically fails everywhere it’s tried. But it’s also human nature to wish it would work, so those ignorant or in denial of those reasons continue to try it. Or to try to defeat human nature by creating the New Soviet Man, at the point of a gun.
Substituting Beer For Water
Can you do it and survive? Asking the important questions.
A Supersonic Boom Box
Answering the important questions.
Environmental Legal Reform
..based on conservative principles.
A Whistle-Blowing Scientist
The lawsuit filing provides a troubling description of how fraud was used to impose draconian environmental regulations on California enterprises, which is one of the many reasons why California is deemed by CEOs nationwide as the “worst place to do business”.
As he notes, “liberals” only like whistleblowers when they blow the whistle on conservatives.
Dear Paul Krugman
…”I’ll see you in Hell.”
The Ümlaut
I just discovered an interesting blog on economics, innovation, society and public policy. The current top two posts are thoughts on whether “liberals” or conservatives are more anti-science, and whether or not Paul Krugman is meta-rational.
The Green Facts Of Life
Matt Ridley explains why the use of fossil fuels is making the planet greener. It’s eighteen minutes, but worth it.
Intellectual Apostasy
…and its perils.
My respect for Steven Pinker has declined as a result of this episode.