Tuesday, April 29, 2008

An inconvienient winter


Global warming theory has been around for a while; I learned it as a college student in about 1970. But it didn't get much traction then because the Earth was in a deep freeze. Some years later, environmental hysteria focused on global warming rather than cooling because, coincidentally, the climate started to warm. That warming has stopped, at least for the time being, and many scientists believe that a harsh cooling trend will begin around 2020. If that happens, environmental activists will be urging us to burn all the carbon fuels we can get our hands on in order to stave off the next Ice Age, much as they advocated an international project to paint the polar ice caps black so as to absorb more heat in the 1970s.


Power Line: Endless Winter, Part 2

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Obamassiah Love In a Nutshell


I'm voting for Barack Obama."

"Why?"

"He's the only candidate who can really change this country."

"Change it into what?"

"A country full of hope."

"Hopeful for what?"

"Change."


Thanks, RMG.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The Monty Hall Problem


This answer goes against our intuition that, with two unopened doors left, the odds are 50-50 that the car is behind one of them.

Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Discovering Obama - WSJ.com

Great, I'm a victim now. Can I get government handouts like everyone else?

Mr. Obama's message is we "need unity" because all Americans are victims, racial and otherwise; he even mentioned working for change by "binding our particular grievances."

Discovering Obama - WSJ.com