Republicans are launching investigations, and the pressure is building on Democrats to hold hearings, since climate scientists were funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Mr. Inhofe’s office this week sent letters to federal agencies and outside scientists warning them not to delete their own CRU-related emails and documents, which may also be subject to Freedom of Information requests.
Year: 2009
The Climate Science Isn’t Settled: Confident predictions of catastrophe are unwarranted.
Many disasters associated with warming are simply normal occurrences whose existence is falsely claimed to be evidence of warming. And all these examples involve phenomena that are dependent on the confluence of many factors.
Scepticism is far healthier than a cooked plate of greens
What was silly is becoming sinister. Green ideology is becoming a theology that rejects the lessons of the Enlightenment, which was about freeing man so he could reason and choose. This new religion has many apostles, especially in the non-profit sector and the soft media.
Climategate: Follow the Money: Climate change researchers must believe in the reality of global warming just as a priest must believe in the existence of God.
None of these outfits is per se corrupt, in the sense that the monies they get are spent on something other than their intended purposes. But they depend on an inherently corrupting premise, namely that the hypothesis on which their livelihood depends has in fact been proved. Absent that proof, everything they represent—including the thousands of jobs they provide—vanishes. This is what’s known as a vested interest, and vested interests are an enemy of sound science.
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The Cynical Politics Of Equalization
Kevin Gaudet warns that keeping equalization payments artificially high due to poor fiscal policies in recipient provinces would not only require greater federal debt (read: higher taxes), but also brews regional confrontation. Worth a look from the National Post.
Getting More For Less In Health Care
Nadeem Esmail outlines viable healthcare policies that show a reduction in costs, but an increase in services. Worth a look from the National Post.
The Ethical Case for Getting Governments Out of the Business of Vice
Governments are not in the tobacco business; they shouldn’t be in the liquor business either.
Tax and Growth in Manitoba and Saskatchewan: Good tax policy is not a silver bullet for economic growth, but it helps.
Tax policy too often focuses on which groups get what in the short term. Smart tax reform looks at how the type and level of taxes affect economic behavior and long-term prosperity.
Capitalism: A True Love Story
Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames explore the negative impact government regulation has on open markets. Worth a look from Forbes Magazine.
What Is Canada Becoming? Canada’s Tolerance Misplaced?
Sociologist Professor Mahfooz Kanwar questions whether we should continue to change the landscape of Canadian nationalism to the tastes of new immigrants who do not wish to assimilate into our culture. Worth a look from the Calgary Herald.