A strawman argument is a rhetorical device that deliberately misrepresents or exaggerates an opponent’s position in order to demolish it. It’s always easier to defeat an opponent made of straw than is to tackle a serious argument with facts and logic. You could say...
In early April, 2018, Ecofiscal Commission issued a report entitled "Clearing the Air: How Carbon Pricing Helps Canada Fight Climate Change." They claim that a price on carbon dioxide will improve the economy and the environment. Friends of Science Society bring...
Earth Day Network (EDN) chose “End Plastic Pollution” as their theme for this year’s April 22 Earth Day. It is just the tip of the anti-plastic activism that now consumes environmental extremists. A Google search on “Plastic Pollution Coalition” (a group claiming to...
Part 15 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth.
A few weeks ago, Albertans voted to reduce the inequities in the federal equalization program. The deficit between the dollars that leave to and come back from Ottawa has recently been as high as $27 billion in one year. During times of crisis, it feels like salt in...
One of the most widespread economic myths is that inflation—the reduced purchasing power of a currency—is a win for a nation, a sign of a booming economy. For the privileged classes in government and with initial access to monetary expansion, it is a win. For everyone...
I wish the media was much more careful about how they report this type of junk political science.
Mischa Popoff, a former organic farmer and Advanced Organic Farm and Process Inspector, looks at how the Organic movement can actually harm your health by taking the concept of “natural” to the extreme.
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.”
The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations.”
I agree with this editorial from the Saskatoon Paper. At a time when global attention increasingly is focused on the environmental impact of oilsands development, and when the glacial melt that supplies fresh water for cities such as Calgary and Saskatoon is...
A lot of knowledge can lock one into group think.
In a presentation at a TEDx conference, Rob Harmon provides us with a simple real world example of Coase Theorem.
Good for Wal-Mart! Despite intense pressure by anti-biotechnology activists, the retailing giant didn’t cave in to demands that it “reject” Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn (maize).
An interesting perspective from The Atlantic. In Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Tampa, one-hour car-sharing reservations are taxed at more than twice the local sales tax rate. One-hour trips are among the most economically inefficient, since...
Frontier Centre Intern Eric Merkley argues that the subsidization of biofuel production has unintended consequences which harm the natural environment.