While government mandates have us all tied up in knots and going broke, few have examined how international agreements, treaties, contribute to this problem. So let’s look a bit closer at treaties. Let’s follow the carbon trail from the United Nations (UN) conference on climate change held in Copenhagen, DenmarkContinue Reading
In the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history, oil continues to spill into the waters of the Gulf from the BP drill site. It’s not the first such spill and won’t be the last. Oil is the source of all the synthetic clothing promoted as an “alternative” for real fur,Continue Reading
A few years ago, the red camellias and the white fruitless pear tree bloome at the same time. Together, they made the most amazing arrangement — but I didn’t take a picture and so the memory now exists only in my mind. After that, I promised myself to make anContinue Reading
We’ve all made oatmeal cookies that taste like hockey pucks. And then we’ve tasted dream oatmeal cookies, ones that are chewy and full of flavor. Well, one day, in 2010, I screwed up the recipe off the Quaker Oats container and made a perfect batch of oatmeal cookies. Soft andContinue Reading
Just in time for tax day, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has published Ten Thousand Commandments by economist Wayne Crews. Ten Thousand Commandments tells us that the Code of Federal Regulations is now over 157,000 pages long. In 2009, 3,503 new rules went into effect — that’s a new regulation everyContinue Reading
If you’re engaged in food and fiber production, you’ll want to watch PeTA’s vegan VP, Bruce Friedrich, debate a member of the BYU debate team, Bruce Daniels, on the topic: “Should Mormans eat meat?” Friedrich argued that compassionate, moral Mormans who want to reduce waste, cruelty, environmental devastation, and hungerContinue Reading
Cherry picking: that’s what it’s called when a scientist/advocate (a dangerous beast!) picks and chooses data to include in their work — whiling ignoring all the rest — in order to move their agenda forward. Unless you’re a scientist, it’s pretty hard for you to figure out where the holesContinue Reading
A video on the fall of Detroit into ruins is a cautionary tale of modern-day hubris. After watching this video, and learning that the average United Auto Worker (UAW) makes a stunning $130,000 a year in wages and benefits, I wonder where they all live? Certainly not in Detroit. TheseContinue Reading
Just in time for April Fools’ Day, the press reported “Obama clears way for oil drilling off US coasts”, telling us about the President’s “‘tough decision’ to expand offshore drilling.” While we’ve heard the President talk about all kinds of energy options including nuclear and fossil fuel-based sources, we knowContinue Reading
“At the peak of the consensus, 84 percent of Americans thought global warming was a threat. The only thing they agreed on more was the existence of God,” says Esquire Magazine. No longer. Polls reveal plummeting numbers for those still believing in catastrophic climate change, one of the UN’s mostContinue Reading