Approximately 200,000 people have died due to global terrorism in the last 10 years. During the same time, many millions of people (mostly women and children) have died due to policies promoted by Greenpeace and other “green” organizations (e.g. anti-DDT, anti-golden rice, anti-fossil fuel). I’ve said it before…I don’t really care where our energy comes […]
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Ever dreamed of living like royalty? Count your blessings: If you can afford this magazine (WORLD, where this article was originally published), you’re already much better off economically than most kings ever were. Reginald Labbe, an English farmer better off than most in his time, died in the year 1293. His will listed the following
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A $Trillion here, a $Trillion there—pretty soon you’re talking real money. No, I’m not talking about the U.S. national debt, now at over $18 trillion. That’s a very bad thing that threatens to impoverish our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. I’m talking about the $Trillions being demanded by developing-world countries from rich countries (primarily the United
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Speaking September 29 at the UN General Assembly, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it perfectly clear: India will not stop or even slow its people’s rise out of poverty to satisfy the global warming elites of the West. Modi told the UN that any climate agreement acceptable to India must function “without affecting our ability
Terry Scanlon of the Capital Research Center leads his latest email this way: When you gas your car with 10% ethanol, you’re dragged into the Renewable Fuel Standard morass run by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). This environmentalist policy is so terrible, even the greens have turned against it. But as a government program, it’s
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First they came after your toilets. Then they came after your light bulbs. Now they’re after your dishwasher. Federal regulators never rest, do they? It’s not enough that they mandated that toilets use so little water per flush that it often takes two, three, or more flushes to get rid of—well, you know. It’s not
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Folks like those who stage events like the “Walk Against Warming” illustrated above think fighting climate change is a high priority. President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry say climate change is the greatest threat facing the world. But United Nations-sponsored worldwide polling suggests that how people answer the question, “How high a priority is
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Christian economist Doug Bandow, a long-time friend, has published three thoughtful responses to Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment. One is “In Calling on Government, Laudato Si Underestimates Power of the the Market.” It is, as usual, clear and concise. This excerpt is particularly important: … the Pontiff’s own goals conflict. For instance, he speaks
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BACKGROUND REPORT by The Rt. Rev. William Mikler The Jardim Gramacho landfill is the largest garbage dump in South America. No longer active, this enormous trash heap is home to 12,000 people who have neither running water nor sewage. Most all live in shacks made of cardboard or tin, and share the dump with wild
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“No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.” So said President Barack Obama in his State of the Union message last week. That he spent under 5% of the speech on the subject—about one-ninth as much as on the economy, one-fifth as much as on our need to overcome cynicism, and
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