Steve’s Say… No radio commercial in the last month made me crazier than the Forest County Potowatomi ad which begins “Have you ever seen any oil wells in Wisconsin? How about coal mines?” and some other nonsense. As anyone familiar with Wisconsin politics knows, this ad, like most others of its kind, provides false and…

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by Keith Best Governor Jim Doyle gave a speech where he said “we should not, we must not, I will not raise taxes.” Since then he has raided funds in the state treasury, raised fees and taxes. Surprise! It took awhile but the people of Wisconsin finally caught on to the games Doyle has been…

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Steve’s Say… My Father was born in Milwaukee on August 22, 1921. His parents were both immigrants from Europe who came through Ellis Island just before WWI and journeyed to Milwaukee to settle with other German kin who were willing to sponsor them. Once in Milwaukee, they became integrated into the ethnic community. This process…

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By Joseph Bast The Great Global Warming Delusion began to unwind in 2009. Politicians still advocate legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, newspaper headlines still report prophecies of ecological disasters and academic scientists will finish their careers without ever admitting they were wrong. But the wind is out of the sails of this panic, and…

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SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT THIS WEEK: Perhaps the major environmental news of The week was a friendly interview of Phil Jones, the former head of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), by BBC’s Roger Harabin. After the interview, a question and answer statement, with some corrections, was released by BBC. In the interview Jones stated…

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by Ken Van Doren Lesson One: The week of February 15, a press release sounded the clarion call that our oceans were being acidified by carbon dioxide emissions. I did not hear the first part of the “news release” so am not sure but it sounds an awful lot like the work of the Natural…

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