Hudson’s piece is a U-turn – not because he has joined the ranks of sceptics who reject the theory of man-made global warming, but because at last he has written a story about the well-established fact that the earth’s temperature has not risen since 1998, and reports seriously the theories of climatologists (themselves not sceptics) who believe that we are in for 30 years of cooling caused by the falling temperatures of the oceans.
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Whatever Happened to the Idea of Progress?
The idea of progress is not utopian; it is about improvement. In a public policy context, for example, the relevant issue is not whether a policy change achieves a perfect solution but whether it is a move in the right direction.
Spitting In The Eye Of Mainstream Education
The Academic Performance Index, the central measuring tool for California schools, rates schools on a scale from zero to 1,000, based on standardized test scores. The state target is an API of 800. The statewide average for middle and high schools is below 750. For schools with mostly low-income students, it is around 650. The oldest of the American Indian schools, the middle school known simply as American Indian Public Charter School, has an API of 967. Its two siblings — American Indian Public Charter School II (also a middle school) and American Indian Public High School — are not far behind.
Everything That’s Old Is New Again
The good news is the old excuses for statist intervention are evaporating. It is time to rewrite the incentives, to reward hard work and to reap the reward demography offers.
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Beijing’s Minions Don’t Belong on Canadian Stock Exchanges
The Chinese economy is growing and surpassing the U.S. economy in size. That stature, with its consequent soft and hard power, means opposition to the Communist Party of China (CPC) regime needs to be multilateral. No matter how much unipolarity the U.S. has enjoyed...
Manitoba Trade with the U.S.: The Need to Strengthen Relations with the Midwest
Trade is essential for Manitoba’s economy. International exports and imports represented 46.4 per cent of GDP for Manitoba in 2018. With a significant goods-related industry estimated at 26.9 per cent of GDP in 2019, Manitoba needs to have strong trading partners to...
Canadian Airline Competition More Pie in the Sky than Open Sky
Buy low, sell high; a penny saved is a penny earned; never let New Democrats run the province’s finances. Those are a few common-sense nuggets that the economically astute should agree with. And here’s another one: open skies are great for airline passengers. In a...
Chikungunya: It’s Tyres, Not Global Warming
A prominent scientist shows that car tires, not global warming is behind the spread of mosquito borne disease.
Hydro-Québec is Worth $130B — So Sell It!
A Quebec commentator sketches out how selling Hydro Quebec would eliminate that province’s debt and allow the province to slash income taxes by 33%.
Is it too Late to Stop the Ethanol Con Job?
Not so long ago, you could feel complacent - smug even - about your little greenish exertions. You traded your SUV for a smaller set of wheels. You bought compact florescent bulbs and dragged the old push mower out of storage. You approved of ethanol and other...
China is the Real Environmental Story
Why does Mattel's third recall of China-made toys in less than six weeks prove that concern over global warming is nothing but a luxury that only people in the developed world have the time and lifestyle to indulge? Well, it proves that only indirectly. But it does...
Might be a Good Entre to the Ontario PCs
The way most people in Canada and the West live – in suburbs, pejoratively called sprawl – has become the target of urban planning. Strong, even draconian, land restrictions have been introduced in a number of metropolitan areas. Toronto has been among the more...
Quebec May Ban Some Dishwashing Detergents
Quebec could restrict the sale of dishwashing detergent containing phosphates if the federal government doesn't ban the product to help control blue-green algae, Quebec Environment Minister Line Beauchamp said yesterday. Speaking after a tour of three Outaouais lakes...
Fix Hydro Pricing – Then Sell
At first glance, the idea of privatizing HydroQuébec has obvious appeal. On second thought, maybe not so much.
A Sickly Health Result
It’s no surprise that a new study of halfa-dozen rich countries’ health systems shows the U.S. leading the pack on costs, but dead last on results. It has been the same story for three years running in a series of studies by the Cumberland Fund. And plenty of other...