Daily Archives: 14 October 2011
Did Columbus Save us from Global Warming?
Lots of blogs assure me that the science is settled on global warming, and since questioning this in any way gets one labeled a “denier,” and I live in fear of being called names, I wouldn’t presume to suggest that there’s anything wrong with the science! But sometimes findings in this field can read a little like grasping at straws to even the most objective observer. Take this one, which I picked up in Science News: Columbus Blamed for Little Ice Age. It’s about what the title says: the so-called Little Ice Age – a period of cooling that followed
Some Good Responses to Lind
You know, I had a lot to say in response to Michael Lind’s (most) recent attack on Libertarians (Why Libertarians Apologize for Autocracy). And then, having gotten all my thoughts in order and settling in to do some fact-checking and then write them all out, I stumbled across a response to the same article on Bleeding Heart Libertarians. It does a much better job than I was about to. And you know why? Because it admirably keeps the response focused on the root problems: that Lind is conflating Libertarians with Conservatives, and also conflating democracy with freedom (and falling victim
