Summary: Here is the video and transcript of a revealing discussion at yesterday’s Senate hearing about climate change. It shows in miniature how the debate about public policy to fight climate change has become gridlocked. Hearing by the Senate Commerce Committee: “Data or Dogma? Promoting Open Inquiry in the Debate Over the Magnitude of the …
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Summary: The dysfunctional nature of our political apparatus shows that the second American regime has begun its death throes. History shows that the transitional period can take decades — and that America can emerge renewed and stronger. We face many challenges. Increasing political polarization. Social mobility and income inequality at previous highs and increasing. Government finances at …
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We accept the oddities of our political regime like the stars in the sky. Natural, god-given, unchanging features of our society. This is not so. Worse, this complacency blinds us to the need for reform. Until a crisis, of course.  Here is a rare article reflecting on an oddity of our Federal structure. It’s worth …
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How wonderful that our ruling elites make little effort to hide their disdain for us, their disdain for the pretence of republican government! It shows their power, their confidence, and their awareness of our passivity and stupidity. On 30 August the FM site published “McCain believes we are stupid. Is he correct?“, about the nomination …
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I will look at this during the weekend, and post any reviews I find. Please do the same in the comments! “More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims“, Minority Staff Report, U. S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 11 December 2008, 231 pages. Introduction: Over 650 dissenting scientists from around …
