by Dr. Lynn Schofield Clark When it’s time for politics in the U.S., it seems, it’s also time to talk about religion. So first there were stories of Huckabee’s success among evangelicals, […]
An open letter to Progressive America
Dear America, I’d like to begin with a confession: I didn’t vote in 2000. It’s the only presidential election since I turned 18 that I’ve sat out, and I’m more than embarrassed […]
Go home, King Ralph, and take your army of whiners with you
By Martin Bosworth So by now you’ve probably heard that Ralph Nader is once again making a third run for the presidency. It pains me to have to say it, but Nader […]
The Weekly Carboholic
In a new twist to geothermal energy, Dutch company Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV has developed what they’re calling the Road Energy System (RES). According to the Associated Press, RES embeds pipes under […]
2007 in Review, pt. 2: When in the course of current events…
Welcome back to day 2 of the S&R Year in Review. Today we tackle some of 2007’s big moments in news and current events. The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Surpasses the […]
400 scientists deny the importance of global heating
Yesterday, global heating denier-in-chief Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma released a list of 400 scientists from around the world who deny that global heating is occurring, that it’s as bad as the […]
No news to report from the Bali climate conference
Over the course of the last two weeks, nothing has happened at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Negotiations haven’t occurred. There have been no heated policy debates. 10,000 […]
We Berate, You Deride – A closer look at the background of Steven J. Milloy, executive director of DemandDebate.com
Yesterday we looked at a survey produced by DemandDebate.com that claims to show a complete lack scientific consensus on global heating. And I illustrated that the survey was so crippled by bad […]
I’m a carboholic, and so are you
What, precisely, is a carboholic? When I first read the title of today’s guest column in the Washington Post (“We’re Carboholics. Make Us Stop.), I initially thought I was about to read […]
VIP Clinton backers want a white VP, apparently
Our pal Bob Novak writes in his latest newsletter that “important supporters” of Sen. Hillary Clinton—without naming any of them—”are laying the groundwork for a campaign against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for […]
