James Delingpole writes about something a lot of us here know already: that the thing we really need to fear right now is not global warming but global cooling. And that, on current evidence, it’s global cooling we’re going to get.
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Yes, the Rich May Get Richer, But So Do the Poor
What the OECD’s figures show is that we are all generally doing better – the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting richer too. Second, this is not evil. It’s one of the great things about capitalism – it allows growth for everyone.
Welcome to 2012: All Debt, All the Time
Another year older and deeper in debt. You can Google “Canada’s debt clock” for a precise reckoning. Maintained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, this clock now ticks off another $1,000 in federal debt every second or, more precisely, $61,454 every minute.
Progress: Canadian Senate Listens to Global Warming Skeptics: Global warming orthodoxy gets challenged in a first-of-its-kind hearing.
On December 15, four leading scientists appeared before the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources to challenge global warming advocacy. The hearing was the first of its kind in Canada to officially challenge global warming orthodoxy before the Government of Canada.
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Let’s Celebrate Reaching Global Population of Eight Billion
Recently, the United Nations estimated that the population of Planet Earth had reached eight billion souls. Despite the chatter of the highly subsidized climate doomster complex this is quite an achievement - it certainly indicates that the carrying capacity of our...
China’s “Truckers’ Convoy”
Anti-lockdown protests are now taking place across China - the Chinese equivalent of our Truckers’ Convoy. The protests are a reaction to the brutal policies that literally lock people in their apartments, when even one infection is detected. As in Canada, when...
California Needs To Revive Progressive Practices
“California futurist Joel Kotkin anticipates the unequivocal restoration of the United States as the most dynamic country in the world. With its population increasing at a record-setting pace, he argues, the U.S. will grow younger as the rest of the world grows older.”
The Coalition Talks Tough But Is Too Soft On The Big Spenders: Higher budgets for health and welfare don’t guarantee better services, argues Andrew Haldenby
“The Coalition’s leaders have not only pledged to eliminate the deficit, although that is their top priority. They have also said that they will shrink and rethink the government, so that their legacy is a stronger social fabric and a more enterprising economy.”
Milked By Taxis: Taxi permits now cost over $200,000 in Montreal; gouging customers while discouraging taxi use
“What is especially bizarre about the supply-management mentality is the idea that the onus always lies on the would-be new entrant to an industry to prove why he or she should be allowed in.”
Political Reversal Down Under: Running an explicitly conservative campaign, Australia’s Tony Abbott has denied Labor a governing majority.
As it turns out, Australians—who are, after all, much like Americans, proudly democratic, entrepreneurial and of immigrant stock—warmed to Mr. Abbott’s old-school conservatism, along with his blokey, down-to-Earth persona. It’s a lesson to which conservatives in America (Republican, tea party, or otherwise) should pay close attention.
Australian Boomerang: Another big spending center-left party loses its majority
Australia now faces a period of uncertainty as Ms. Gillard and Mr. Abbott scramble to assemble what in either case would be a narrow majority. This may mean a period of more cautious policy, at least in the short term, which Australians may prefer after the tumult of the last three years. The bigger picture is that, in Australia as in the U.K., voters have stopped the revival of big government dead in its tracks.
Climate Changes, Grain Exports and A New World Order in Food: Higher food prices may be coming at right time
There is hardly a crisis in agricultural commodities but rather a continuing recalibration between supply and demand.
Environmental Lessons From The Late Stephen Schneider
“Stephen Schneider is on record that, to reduce the risk of climate change, it’s legitimate to quash one’s own doubts and offer up scary scenarios to the media. That is not exactly objective science.”
Let’s Get Rational About Recycling: Good environmental custodians do what’s right, not just what feels right.
Advocates of greater subsidies for recycling should provide hard facts on why it is the best way to lower waste management impacts in each case.
Robert Byrd’s Highways to Nowhere: Government pork hasn’t made West Virginia prosperous.
“When Byrd became senator in 1959, West Virginia ranked No. 39 in median family income, and No. 42 in per capita income. Today, it’s No. 48 in both categories.”