Does Government Really Need to Regulate Everything?

In high school and college, I competed in debate tournaments across the state and country. I clearly remember many occasions when a debate team’s plan would include abolishing some government program. Inevitably, the opponents would ask, “What will you replace it with?” Only once did I hear any debater respond with, “Nothing at all. Government

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Did Hurricanes Florence and Michael Provide New Evidence for Manmade Global Warming?

Apparently acting on the principle that you never let a good crisis go to waste, the Washington Post on October 18 published a breathless story titled “In North Carolina, hurricanes did what scientists could not: Convince Republicans that climate change is real.” Tracy Jan, a young reporter covering “the intersection of race and the economy,” which

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Does Bill Gates Fail to See Himself in the World’s Growing Billions?

Bill Gates is a brilliant man. His combination of tech and business savvy not only made him one of the world’s richest people (currently, with a net worth of about $90 billion, #2 behind Jeff Bezos’s $112 billion) but also gave him the opportunity to be one of the world’s biggest philanthropists, chairing, with wife

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Adapt, Change, or Just Swim! Why Fish Will Not Face Climate Apocalypse

It is said the modern man-made climate change impacts ocean life, more specifically the life of marine fishes. It is said that some species could become extinct or vulnerable in the near future. However, are these claims true, and what does the available empirical evidence suggest? During my three years as a graduate student at

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Antifa Protesters Disrupt Cornwall Alliance Speaker at Eagle Council Meeting

What do you do if you’re a climate activist and a geoscientist speaks at a meeting near you offering scientific evidence against your point of view? Well, of course—you do what any rational person would do. You attend and listen carefully and weigh the arguments and consider whether you should change your views. Maybe you

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