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Safety alert as tram blackspot hit by 23 crashes in six years

Cars and trams have collided on a stretch of Mosley Street and the spot, near Manchester Art Gallery, is the only place where cars can cross without traffic lights. Council bosses are reviewing safety measures at a tram accident ‘blackspot’ in the city centre after two more crashes. Cars and trams have collided on a…

Conservations Easements and the Urge to Rule

By Tom DeWeese  Conservation easements. The Green Mafia tells us this is the only way to save the family farm. Without its tax credits and restrictions on development rights, America will be paved over and Astroturf will replace sod. We’re in crisis, they tell us. However, as H.L Mencken once warned, “A plan to save…

Shattering Stereotypes

By Jenna Lieungh   On June 21, several conservative speakers and young conservatives like I gathered at the Mere Conservatism event, held at Brookside Baptist Church in Brookfield, to shatter various stereotypes about the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Let me first say this: I am a seventeen-year old, one quarter Hispanic, middle-class female.…

Where Does the Carbon Dioxide Really Come From?

Professor Ian Plimer could not have said it better!   If you’ve read his book you will agree, this is a good summary.   PLIMER: “Okay, here’s the bombshell. The volcanic eruption in Iceland . Since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in…

SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT

The Week That Was August 10, 2013 Quote of the Week   If you put feedback into a computer model, you can prove anything. John Brignell, Number Watch   *******************************   Number of the Week 207   *******************************   This Week   By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)  …

Open Letter to State Legislative and Executive Leadership:

Common Core State Standards, Honor, and Senator Luther Olsen August 8, 2013   To:   Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald   Assembly Speaker Robin Vos   Governor Scott Walker   Honorable Sirs:   On May 22nd of this year, people from across the state of Wisconsin packed a joint meeting of the Senate and Assembly…