Climate Change

Group of modern doctors standing as a team with arms crossed in hospital office. Physicians ready to examine and help patients. Medical help, insurance in health care, best desease treatment and

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

Say No to ‘Public Health’ Imperialism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns opened the door. Now, the medical establishment is redefining our most contentious political controversies as “public health emergencies” so as to circumvent public resistance and impose policies on society unobtainable through normal democratic means. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Lesser
August 12, 2023
Economics}

State’s Climate Act Isn’t Worth Price We’re Paying

_{Jonathan Lesser
August 12, 2023
Economics}

Washington state’s 2021 Climate Commitment Act (CCA), although high-minded in spirit, will do nothing to protect the state’s economy and environment from the effects of climate change. But what the CCA is already doing is burdening state residents and businesses with higher energy costs. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Education}

Union Leaders & Bureaucrats Have Long Ignored Parents’ Concerns

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Education}

With families wanting other options than the traditional public school and with the passage of school choice bills, the K-12 education market is experiencing a much-needed shake up. Parents are now seeing themselves as consumers of K-12 education for their children. Read More ›

Homemade sign at environmental rally. A colorful cardboard placard is viewed close up, saying the climate is changing, why aren't we, in the hands of ecological activists as they protest in the city

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

What 1973’s Soylent Green Accurately Predicted about 2022

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

I have always loved science fiction. So when Soylent Green was first released in 1973, I immediately headed to the theater. I remember clearly being shocked by the depictions presented but assuaging myself with the comforting thought that nothing like any of that would ever actually happen. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Stop ‘Authoritarian Climate Governance’ Before It is Too Late

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

If COVID has taught us anything, it is that the technocratic class has little compunction about restricting freedom. Moreover, once they grab power, they are very reluctant to give it back. Read More ›

Operating oil and gas well profiled on sunset sky

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 23, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

The IEA’s Plan to Destroy Freedom and Save the Planet

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 23, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

If you liked gas lines after the Colonial Pipeline was shut down by a hacking—or if the rolling blackouts last summer in California were your idea of fun—you will love what the international global warming warriors at the International Energy Agency have planned for us. Read More ›

^{Jay W. Richards
April 19, 2017
Intelligent Design}

Politics Disguised as Science: When to Doubt a Scientific ‘Consensus’

_{Jay W. Richards
April 19, 2017
Intelligent Design}

Future Imperfect

_{George Gilder
February 8, 2010
Economics}

In this intriguingly contrarian rework of the Thomas Friedman “hot and flat” motif, Gregg Easterbrook asserts that venture capitalists are no better than lottery players when it comes to choosing new technology companies. He reports that leading stock analysts outperform broad market-index funds only one-third of the time. He adds that the preeminent financial pundits break into two groups — Read More ›

^{Steve Marshall and Bill Gaines
February 7, 2008
Cascadia}

Washington Should Be Leader In Push For All-Electric Cars

_{Steve Marshall and Bill Gaines
February 7, 2008
Cascadia}

Original op-ed Oil has a virtual monopoly in transportation. Today, 97 percent of all U.S. transportation is fueled by petroleum. Try to go somewhere without using oil; there is virtually no choice. What’s worse, most of our oil is imported. We have gone from 34 percent imported oil in the 1970s to 60 percent today. Hundreds of billions of the Read More ›

^{Keith Ervin
December 1, 2007
Cascadia}

Sims To Port: No Deal If Rails Stay

_{Keith Ervin
December 1, 2007
Cascadia}

This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: Citizens groups and the think tank Cascadia Center at Discovery Institute have stepped up their campaign to put diesel passenger trains on the rail line that parallels Interstate 405. The rest of the article can be found here.