Reason’s Ron Bailey is sure a sucker for futurism and transhumanism. If there is a big conference about how we can all live forever, count on him to be there breathlessly reporting, which is ironic and paradoxical: Bailey usually claims the mantle of rationality and most of this stuff is . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to all of you who have sent in ideas for the conference at Berry College on teaching American politics. For a variety of reasons originating in my personal incompetence, the conference will now be on April 22. We’re still taking suggestions and looking for volunteers. One of the . . . . Continue Reading »
So now the University of East Anglia, either the victim, perpetrator—or both—of Climategate, has done a “U-turn” and agreed to release raw data that it has heretofore fought assiduously to keep secret. From the story:Leading British scientists at the University of East . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, this is going to have to be studiously ignored at the upcoming confab in Copenhagen. Apparently those Himalayan glaciers that are supposedly being devastated by global warming, may actually be doing just fine, thank you very much. From the story:It has been reported worldwide that . . . . Continue Reading »
This was a bad and unhelpful book.It was not bad because it was simple. Goldwater (or his ghost) used fewer pages in Conscience of a Conservative and said more. It was not bad because it was autobiographical. Though I don’t like his politics, President Obama confessed more and said it better . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of people seem emotionally invested in Rom Houben not actually being conscious. But all the evidence is on the other side. Now, his doctor Steven Laureys is interviewed in the New Scientist about his diagnosis. From the interview:Can you say what makes you so sure he is . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the e-mails in the Climategate scandal—yes, I still think the hackers should be prosecuted—vividly illustrates how badly ideology has corrupted too much of science. From a Wall Street Journal editorial:As anonymous reviewers of choice for certain journals, Mr. Mann & Co. had . . . . Continue Reading »
Sigh. Here we go again—maybe. When certain facts or developments in a story don’t support the line of reportage the MSM wants to pursue, too often, they simply resort to non journalism by omission, perhaps in the hope that their non coverage will make it go away.It appears that . . . . Continue Reading »
So I was reading John Mark Reynolds’ live-blog of Sarah Palin’s new memoir, and I’m sure he’s right about the whole thing. The only conservative writers I can stand for more than 900 words once a week in a column are William F. Buckley and P.J. O’Rourke — and . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare-along with radical environmentalism—are ultimately about power and government grabbing control over the way we live our personal lives. A case in point tonight out of Sweden, where the head of the Swedish Welfare Board wants doctors to make patients quit smoking as a condition of . . . . Continue Reading »
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