As you can tell from our blog volume, there’s been a blizzard of new and significant climate findings being published in the refereed literature, and here’s some things You Ought to Have a Look at concerning the recent “hiatus” in warming and what might happen to our (now) post-El Niño climate. With President Trump still … Continue reading Time for a New “Hiatus” in Warming, or Time for an Accelerated Warming Trend?
I see the look in my best friend’s eyes when I talk to her about free markets. She looks at me like she doesn’t know me. As if the friend that she has laughed and cried with, that she trusts, has been invaded by an inhuman body-snatcher. But I only told her that developing countries … Continue reading I’m Not a Terrible Person, I Just Believe in Liberty
The Fake News tell lies. The numbers tell the truth. Trump is NOT cutting spending on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He's increasing spending. In fact, he's increasing it almost twice as much as was increased under Obama. --- Medicare spending under Obama FY2010: $453 billion FY2017: $593 billion 30.91% increase in eight years Medicare … Continue reading The Fake News lied again. Trump radically increasing Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security spending
Lawyers for Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden released a new video on Thursday that exposed horrifying statements from leaders within the abortion industry.The video footage was obtained at National Abortion Federation conventions that took place in California in 2014 and 2015. The National Abortion Federation describes itself as “the professional association of abortion … Continue reading Horrifying Video From Abortion Conference Shows Utter Disregard for Human Life
.. It’s been described as a “slap in the face,” “slaughter,” “a punitive … assault on science, the environment, and indeed the planet.” Aside from being inappropriate and irresponsible, these remarks are how some in the policy world and media have depicted cuts to global warming spending in President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal. People … Continue reading Climate Budget Cuts Are Smart Management, Not an Attack on Science
In the New York Times, Niki Kitsantonis writes, “It may seem paradoxical, but Greece’s anarchists are organizing like never before.” No. Anarchists – the sensible ones, at least – are not against organization. They are against rule – against ruling and against being ruled. Merriam-Webster explains the derivation of the word: “Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek, from anarchos having … Continue reading Greek Anarchists Provide Services the State Doesn’t
Should Americans have a right to garden in their own yards? If you looked at this question, shook your head, and answered, “Of course! Why would we not?” then it would seem there is still some common sense left in the world. Unfortunately, that common sense doesn’t always extend to the powers that be, and … Continue reading In This City, Anything Not Expressly Allowed Is Prohibited
Health care costs continue to rise under Obamacare. A report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services shows a significant hike in the average cost of individual plans since 2013 in 39 states. In 2013, the average annual cost of a premium for an individual health care plan was $2,784. By 2017, the average … Continue reading In 3 Charts, the Biggest Revelations From New Obamacare Study
It’s clear that many big government policies are creating winners and losers in America. The story has been the same for decades. Government makes friends with a company or an industry, blocks out the competition with regulation, and in some cases gives the company subsidies. Such cronyism is bad for innovators and for consumers. But … Continue reading 8 Big-Government Policies That Hurt the Poor
The Fake News have been caught lying again. If Trump is "cutting" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, as they hysterically claim, where were they when Obama "cut" it even more. Here are the actual numbers. Trump is not cutting entitlement spending. He's nearly doubling it. Trump budget, Social Security FY2017: $0.946 trillion FY2025: $1.728 trillion … Continue reading Fake News lies again: Trump increasing Social Security spending, more than Obama