by Rick Braun Chicago – There had been three previous such events, but none of those could claim a similar momentum. When the 4th International Conference on Climate Change commenced at the Marriott Hotel Sunday evening, it carried the feeling that eventually the truth will win out. Drafting off the heat of “Climategate,” the event,…
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Saving Science After Climate Gate: Recovering from the Loss of Scientific Credibility
Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a three-part series. by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. Science Director, The Heartland Institute, and Mike Gemmell* ** “Billions of dollars are being spent each year on publicly funded scientific research in the U.S. However, the Climategate scandal has brought to light glaring problems in publicly funded science including:…
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Saving Science after Climate Gate: Recovering from the Loss of Scientific Credibility
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a three-part series. by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. Science Director, The Heartland Institute, and Mike Gemmell The Operation of Grant-Funded Science in the Present Day According to Donald W. Miller (The Government Grant System: Inhibitor of Truth and Innovation?, Journal of Information Ethics, Spring 2007), the following paradigms…
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When Economic Development is Not
by Ken Van Doren Necedah, WI Nationwide, state, federal and local governments are spending billions of dollars in the name of economic development. Doubtless I could have chosen many locations to demonstrate the points I intend to make, but I chose one locality to demonstrate the possible foibles of economic development for two reasons: first,…
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Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty
In Defense of the Great State of Arizona Every once in a while, a government gets it right. Sometimes elected representatives are able to see beyond the partisan politics and recognize what must be done. Rarely, much to everyone’s surprise, the obvious is apparent to even the powers that be. And so it is recently…
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Whose Principles are these, Democratic, Republican or the Tea Party?
In these confusing political times of who is who, who is what, a moderate Democratic, a moderate Republican, a conservative, or a Tea Party member, it is good to ask a question in order to find clarity. Whose Principles are these? Democratic Party, Republican Party, or the Tea Party? Recognition of each person’s ability, dignity,…