...and the clock is winning. With more than 62% of the Atlantic hurricane season behind us and less than 38% of it left, it's now a race against the clock for the 2007 hurricane season to be "above normal," as ... READ MORE
The Other Club and Michael Cannon say socialized medicine Is already here. We think they have a point, but that doesn't mean things can't get worse, as it is in Britain and Canada ... READ MORE
"The truth is that if ethanol has commercial merit, it doesn't need the subsidy. And if it doesn't, no amount of subsidy will bestow it." Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Wishful Thinking Is No Magical Energy Elixir, The Cato ... READ MORE
Writing in the American Spectator, David Hogberg and Jeremy Taglieri relate hopeful developments in the battle to "move our health care system away from one that is mismanaged by the government and toward one that is more market driven." Jeremy ... READ MORE
David Ridenour takes another look at hurricane records: Global warming alarmists have repeatedly warned us that if we don't act now to stop global warming, we place our lives at increased risk. Amanda Staudt, a climate scientist with the National ... READ MORE
Putting the 2007 hurricane season in proper context, in light of environmentalist and newsmedia hype, is the focus of this post by David Ridenour: Hurricane Felix was the second category 5 hurricane this season. The newsmedia and global warming alarmists ... READ MORE
This pathetic story shows what happens when people -- in this case, local government employees in Britain -- place a higher priority on being politically correct than being morally right. I hope the people who put their fear of being ... READ MORE
Computer models "did very poorly" at forecasting the development of Hurricane Felix. If computer models are not well enough developed to tell us about a hurricane that already exists, can we really rely on them to tell us what the ... READ MORE
...are decidedly one-sided. He has had his attorneys file a motion (subscription may be required) asking a federal judge to move his trial on corruption charges from Virginia to either the District of Columbia or to New Orleans. Jefferson's motive ... READ MORE
Peyton Knight looks at Rep. James Oberstar's Clean Water Restoration Act, and wonders why Congress doesn't seem to have learned much from Hurricane Katrina: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN) and many of his colleagues traveled ... READ MORE
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