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…
Tom DeWeese
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…
Free Articles, Jenna Lieungh
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.…
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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 and Environmental Policy Project
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) …
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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…