By James M. Taylor House Republican leaders have decided to disband the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, a special committee set up by outgoing Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Republican leaders pointed out the Committee was symbolic in nature, had no authority to initiate legislation, and served solely as a platform for…
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Robock Seeks Audience with Christie, Invited to Debate Global Warming
By James M. Taylor After New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) told a recent town hall meeting that he is skeptical of alarmist global warming predictions, meteorologist Alan Robock, a professor at the Rutgers University Department of Environmental Sciences, and two of his Rutgers colleagues arrived at the New Jersey statehouse yesterday “offering to explain…
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Karsh on “Obama’s Failed Middle East Policy”
Efraim Karsh is editor of the Middle East Quarterly and Professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King’s College London. The author of 15 books, he has held various academic posts at Harvard and Columbia universities, the Sorbonne, the London School of Economics, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Kennan Institute…
Gary Wickert
The Reason for the Season
The politically incorrect Christmas season is here and once again, Christians who comprise the world’s largest religion by far – over two billion strong – will tiptoe quietly to church on Christmas Eve hoping they do not offend anybody who may overhear them wishing someone a “Merry Christmas.” The usual suspects once again will do…
Steven Welcenbach
Steve’s Say…
Forced Charity is Not Charity at All Christmas, the season of hope and cheer and goodwill, arrived as scheduled the day after Thanksgiving from a shopping perspective and the following Sunday as the first day of the Advent church season. The traditional activities that warm our hearts, bond our families and symbolize our commitment to…
Edgar L. Gaetner
A new dark age for Germany?
Germany’s offshore wind power projects are paving the way to frequent blackouts By Edgar L. Gaertner Thousands of bureaucrats are preparing for another cushy climate confab in Cancun — while Senators Bingaman, Brownback and Reid are contemplating how to ram renewable energy standards through a lame-duck session. If they’re wise, American voters and congressmen will…