I hate the phrase “Climategate” (I prefer “Climaquiddick”) but it seems to have stuck. In any event, I don’t know whether or not this is true, but if it were to be, it would surprise me not at all.
[Monday-evening update]
Judith Curry has the latest on the foofaraw.
[Bumped]
Steve Hoeser says that we’re not making progress in space because we refuse to treat it as a traditional frontier.
A useful history from Dennis Wingo, and thoughts on potential competition from DARPA.
In many ways, so is Trump.
[Update a few minutes later]
In reading, I see he made the same point:
Mme Le Pen is offering more of the medicine that sickened the patient. Protectionism and welfarism are the causes of France’s troubles. The French budget has not been in balance since 1974. In order to defend the privileges of state employees, successive governments have allowed the country as a whole to become less competitive, more strike-prone, more sclerotic and poorer.
It’s the same story every time. Protectionism inflicts the greatest harm on the least well off – who are often, paradoxically, its supporters. The Corn Laws were a massive wealth transfer from the poor to the rich. The Smoot-Hawley tariffs brought misery to America’s workers. Today’s anti-market agitators – the Trumps and the Tsiprases as much as the Le Pens – will find the same thing.
Indeed.
…is discussed at the WSJ.
Glenn Reynolds had some good ideas a few years ago, but they’ve aged well. I’d also like to see a Sunset Amendment.
This is probably news you can use. “Don’t have the time” is no longer an excuse. I need to try this to see if it will get my blood pressure down.
Roger Launius wonders if both treaties have outlived their usefulness. Certainly the OST needs updating for the 21st century.
According to Vox, if you’re not hysterical about climate, you’re an extremist.
Some thoughts from Laura Montgomery on the implications of the Congressional Review Act and Trump’s EO on regulation of commercial space flight.