An amusing retelling, by Lileks.
The Culture War
It’s a clash of two faiths. And it’s one that the Left will do anything to win. They’re really just the modern-day descendants of the Puritans.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why it’s so hard to get “progressives” to live by their own rules.
To them, rules are for the little people.
The Physics Of Roller Coasters
This article appears to have the physics right, but the spelling isn’t so great. No, the car doesn’t “loose” speed.
Norman Borlaug
He probably saved more lives than anyone in history. And he understood how anti-human and anti-poor modern environmentalism is.
The Democrats’ War On Black People
…and how to fight it.
That war goes all the way back to slavery.
Michael Totten
He wants to go to Vietnam. If you like his work, you might consider donating to his new Kickstarter.
Microlaunchers
Charle Pooley and Ed LeBoutillier have a new book
The American Physical Society
Just as the AAAS seems to be going all ass hat, the APS is rethinking its position on the “consensus.” Mann’s, Romm’s et al heads must have exploded when they saw that Curry, Lindzen and Christie are half of the working committee.
The War On The Koch Brothers
…isn’t going very well. Sort of like the war on Fox News.
Of course hardly anyone ever sees the Kochs or knows who they are, whereas Harry Reid’s disgusting mug and outrageous lies are on television almost every day.
I wonder if they have an exit strategy for this failed war?
Extreme Weather Censors
Thoughts on Nate Silver’s recent hire:
Last July, when he testified before a Senate Committee examining climate change, Pielke even raised the hackles of President Obama’s science adviser, John Holdren. Perhaps that’s because Obama himself resorts when convenient to claiming that extreme weather has become more frequent and intense.
In any case, Holdren recently took the stunning step of telling Congress that Pielke was outside “mainstream scientific opinion” — although the evidence Holdren provided pertained only to droughts and didn’t actually refute Pielke at all.
As the CU professor points out, imagine the outcry if George W. Bush’s science adviser had used his prestige in an attempt to smear an academic.
Yes, imagine.