Patrick Michaels explains why “The Day After Tomorrow” should be called “The Climate Disaster Movie Without Factual Basis” in today’s Washington Post. Apparently the implausibility of the climatic disaster pictured in the movie has not stopped Al Gore and MoveOn.org from promoting the film, nor has it prevented The Guardian from claiming movie-inspired fears of […]
Author Archive | David Kopel
Benedict Arnold’s Electric Legacy:
Since Howard Bashman is away from his computer today, I though I would note Judge John Roberts opinion in Consumers Energy Company v. FERC, which begins: It was a close thing, but Benedict Arnold’s bold plan to capture Canada for the Revolution fell short at the Battle of Quebec in early 1776. As a result, […]
Tag-Teaming Jeremy Rifkin:
Joel Schwartz and Iain Murray team up to deliver arch-luddite Jeremy Rifkin and the “precautionary principle” a one-two punch over at The Commons, a new group blog “promoting environmental quality and human dignity and prosperity through markets and property rights.” Murray challenges Rifkin’s claims that the precautionary principle is required to protect the Earth from […]
Sunday Song Lyric
There are lots of songs written for or inspired by artists mothers. Some are celebrations of Moms and motherhood (as many should be), others are not. For today’s song lyric I’ve selected Pink Floyd’s “Mother.” It’s not the happiest song — Pink is getting ready to erect his personal wall — so don’t take this […]